Deforestation
LEAF Coalition: UK joins US, Norway, and top corporates to launch $1bn tropical forest protection drive
Coalition aims to mobilise $1bn in financing for tropical forest protection and restoration and provide a standardised and verified way for corporates to deliver climate finance
Engagement, transparency, and accountability: Consumer Goods Forum launches blueprint to tackle global deforestation crisis
The CGF has published a report detailing its strategy for tackling deforestation related to the production of four key agricultural commodities: palm oil, soy, beef, and pulp and fibre-based packaging
Over $50bn is at risk from deforestation - but just one per cent of firms are taking 'best practice' action
New CDP survey of corporate efforts to combat deforestation for agricultural commodities have found an increasing number of firms are taking at least some action - but only a tiny fraction are on top of the problem
Latin American e-commerce giant invests in Brazilian ecosystem restoration
Mercado Libre reveals how some of the proceeds from its $400m sustainability bond have been earmarked for restoration projects in the once great Atlantic Forest
New private sector coalition launched in bid to reverse biodiversity loss
Named the UK Business and Biodiversity Forum, the new group will support British businesses as they try to tackle worsening biodiversity impacts and risks
Mobilising Finance for Forests: Government launches £150m rainforest protection push
Major new international funding programme designed to help protect tropical rainforests and catalyse £850m of private sector investment
'Positive Beauty': Unilever to protect a million and a half hectares of natural habitat as part of new sustainability strategy
The pledge builds on the firm's extensive array of existing climate commitments, including to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2039 and to deliver a deforestation-free supply chain within the next two years
CISL launches handbook to help businesses translate nature loss into financial risk
New guide from the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership breaks down commercial risks resulting from nature loss
Deforestation for palm oil reduced ten-fold in Southeast Asia, data reveals
Indonesia experienced the lowest deforestation rates in 20 years, the figures from Chain Reaction Research reveal
BNP Paribas strengthens policy on beef and soy-driven deforestation in Brazil
The French bank has set a deadline of 2025 for its clients in Brazil to achieve zero deforestation and full traceability in their production and supply chains
Seven commodities continue to fuel the destruction of the world's forests - how can they be stopped?
A new analysis by WRI has calculated the precise role of seven major agricultural commodities in driving global tree cover loss, but what can be done to turn back the tide?
Poll: British public 'overwhelmingly' backs robust supply chain deforestation laws
WWF calls on government to set legally-binding target to eradicate both legal and illegal deforestation from UK supply chains
'Planting trees is highly complex': Experts draw up 'golden rules' for reforestation projects
Reforestation can capture CO2, boost biodiversity, and is a key component of many firms' net zero strategies, but handled incorrectly it can also have disastrous environmental impacts, scientists warn
Impossible Foods brings former UN climate chief Christiana Figueres onto board
Appointment follows year of explosive growth for the plant-based 'meat' company, which has said it aims to eliminate the need for animal agriculture by 2035
Is inaction on environmental crises leading humanity into a 'ghastly future of mass extinction'?
Today has seen some of the starkest warnings yet on how the failure to grasp the severity of the impacts that climate change and biodiversity loss will have for human could trigger conflict, disease, and mass migration - how should businesses respond?...
Can banks become the solution to - rather than a driver of - global deforestation?
Criticism of banks' financing of environmentally-destructive industries continues to grow, but a new report argues they could play a critical role in protecting forests and driving climate action
Boris Johnson unveils £3bn climate finance push to help safeguard global biodiversity
Commitment to help protect land and ocean ecosystems that are critical to combating climate change will be announced by Prime Minister at today's One Planet Summit
Global coffee players brew up 2050 climate plan to slash 1.5 gigatonnes of CO2
Starbucks, Walmart, McDonalds and Nescafe among more than 150 coffee retailers and producers to join collective pledge to invest in forestry protection and smallholder farm efficiency
Asset managers and index providers urged to end ETF market's financing of deforestation
New report from Planet Tracker warns booming ETF market is supporting soybean companies driving mass deforestation in Brazil, Indonesia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
Nestlé targets regenerative agriculture in €3bn climate plan
Food and drink giant's roadmap includes major focus on scaling up regenerative agriculture across supply chains worldwide as it sets sights on net zero emissions by 2050
Food firms neglecting supply chain climate resilience, CDP warns
Companies are chasing profits from product innovations such as plant-based meat but failing to invest in supply chain resilience, study finds
Science Based Targets Network branches out with call for companies to help design targets to stem nature's decline
A new programme from the Science Based Targets Network aims to enable firms to adopt credible targets to support efforts to reverse the ongoing decline of nature
How the government aims to root out illegal deforestation in company supply chains
UK firms are to be fined for importing products linked to illegal deforestation, but green groups argue the new rules are far from strong enough
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