Natural Capital

‘If Big Food really wants to cut emissions from farming, why haven’t they stopped food waste?’
Oliver Balch, (May 30, 2021)

Oliver Balch interviews Project Drawdown’s Dr Jonathan Foley, but finds him oddly reluctant to talk about regenerative agriculture
‘We can’t kick this into the long grass, because in 10 years that grass might not be there’
Mike Scott, (May 30, 2021)

Mike Scott reports how leading brands including Unilever, Chipolte, Nomad Foods and VF Corporation are reducing their impacts on nature as part of their net-zero plans
When trees have ears: How Topher White is fighting illegal deforestation with AI
Terry Slavin, (May 30, 2021)

Terry Slavin reports on how San Francisco non-profit Rainforest Connection is recording sounds to protect nature in a dozen countries in partnership with Google, Huawei and Hitachi Vantara
Nicole Rycroft: ‘We can’t protect 30% of nature if we’re chopping down forests to make t-shirts’
Oliver Balch, (May 30, 2021)

Oliver Balch talks to the Canopy founder about the urgent need to scale up sustainable alternatives to materials like viscose in the fashion industry
Mars focuses on community involvement in world’s largest coral restoration project
Angeli Mehta, (May 30, 2021)

The consumers goods giant has partnered with The Nature Conservancy in its bid to replenish the ocean floor in Indonesia's Coral Triangle. Angeli Mehta reports
The race to reap the climate dividend of restoring coastal habitats
Angeli Mehta, (May 30, 2021)

Angeli Mehta reports on the growing drive by governments and companies to conserve the vast carbon sequestration potential in seagrass meadows and mangroves
Joe Biden’s plan to pay America’s farmers to become eco-warriors
Mark Hillsdon, (May 30, 2021)

Mark Hillsdon reports on how the U.S. president's proposed Growing Climate Solutions Act seeks to turn the industrialised agriculture of the country’s breadbasket from a biodiversity hazard into a CO2 sink through regenerative agriculture
Can we move away from plastics without dealing a mortal blow to forests?
Sarah LaBrecque, (May 30, 2021)

Packaging is one way that brands are seeking to tackle their environmental footprint, but bio-based alternatives risk fanning the flames of increased deforestation. Sarah LaBrecque reports on the search for more sustainable approaches
Biodiversity risk ‘a blind spot for the finance industry’
Mark Hillsdon, (May 30, 2021)

Mark Hillsdon reports on the growing impetus to put a value on nature loss so it can be addressed with the same urgency as climate risk
Tackling biodiversity loss in the latest issue of The Ethical Corporation
Terry Slavin, (May 30, 2021)

The summer issue of Reuters Events Sustainable Business's quarterly magazine looks at the growing business imperative to put a value on natural capital, and how leading corporates are integrating biodiversity into their strategies to address climate change
'If you want to protect nature, you need to learn from indigenous people'
Diana Rojas, (Apr 22, 2021)

Diana Rojas reports on how the two-decade long battle by the Yurok tribe in northern California to preserve its traditional salmon hunting made strides for conservation
America’s Native communities to be drafted in to fight biodiversity loss
Diana Rojas, (Apr 21, 2021)

Indigenous activists have been prominent in fighting projects like the Keystone XL Pipeline. Now they are being urged to help deliver the Biden administration’s 30x30 plan. Diana Rojas reports
'To reach net-zero, we need to help farmers reverse the deterioration in soil health'
Bastien Sachet, (Apr 19, 2021)

Comment: Bastien Sachet, CEO at Earthworm Foundation, says Nestlé, Lidl, Bonduelle and McCain are among companies that are driving regenerative agriculture practices in their supply chains
‘We can reverse climate change and feed the world by making our soils productive again’
Anthony Finbow, (Apr 12, 2021)

COMMENT: Anthony Finbow of Eagle Genomics argues that understanding how to restore soil’s ability to capture carbon would unleash a wave of innovation to combat global warming
How Dr Helen Crowley became nature-based solutions evangelist at Kering
Oliver Balch, (Mar 30, 2021)

Oliver Balch interviews the luxury fashion brand's head of nature initiatives about its €5m regenerative fund for nature
Why corporate action to protect water and forests makes good business sense
Sareh Forouzesh and Catherine Moncrieff, (Mar 22, 2021)

COMMENT: On #WorldWaterDay and #InternationalDayofForests, Sareh Forouzesh and Catherine Moncrieff of CDP point out how disclosing impacts and investing in tackling risks are yielding dividends for companies like Unilever, L'Oreal, Mars and Marfrig

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