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BusinessGreen

'Economic Case for Nature': World Bank warns global economy is facing $2.7tr hit from nature degradation

Major new report argues enhanced environmental protection would deliver a massive 'win-win' for the global economy

clock 02 July 2021 • 4 min read

Biodiversity

'Toothless policy and targets': Environmental Audit Committee slams government 'inaction' on nature protection

Major report from select committee on biodiversity and ecosystems slams government for weak nature protection targets and policy and points to failure to embed nature protection across government thinking

clock 30 June 2021 • 5 min read

Supply chain

'Make soil sexy': Supermodel Arizona Muse debuts biodynamic farming initiative

New non-profit, Dirt, aims to promote biodynamic farming principles and reduce the environmental footprint of food, fibre, and wool production

clock 24 June 2021 • 3 min read

Biodiversity

'Alternative future': Yorkshire Dales restoration scheme aims to set an example ahead of COP26

A host of green groups have teamed up with local communities to restore over 1,150 hectares around Ingleborough, the second highest peak in the Dales

clock 24 June 2021 • 4 min read

Investment

'It's not going to be easy': TNFD co-chair David Craig on developing nature risk disclosure rules

TNFD co-chair and Refinitiv CEO David Craig chats to BusinessGreen about the daunting task of drawing up nature-related risk disclosure guidelines

clock 21 June 2021 • 10 min read

Carbon Accounting

BSI launches natural capital accounting standard

BS 8632 provides framework aims to help public and private sector organisations gauge the way their operations are impacting nature

clock 21 June 2021 • 2 min read

Management

Waitrose to ban sales of peat compost from 2022

Supermarket pledges to only stock peat-free alternatives from January of next year

clock 17 June 2021 • 2 min read

Climate change

'Net zero doesn't solve the problem': Five key lessons from the CCC's climate risk assessment

There are many urgent takeaways from the Climate Change Committee's stark UK climate preparedness assessment - here are the top five

clock 16 June 2021 • 12 min read

Biodiversity

Zoom in on Net Zero - with Natural England's Mike Morecroft

VIDEO: Principal specialist on climate change at advisory body chats to BusinessGreen about England's potential for harnessing nature-based solutions to fight climate change

clock 16 June 2021 • 1 min read

Climate change

After net zero, we will need to go much further and clean up historic emissions

Tim Kruger from the University of Oxford explores how the trend for tackling historic emissions is going to have to expand - and fast

clock 15 June 2021 • 4 min read