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Terry Slavin, (Sep 13, 2021)
Comment: Mining and logging were the deadliest sectors for activists seeking to protect their land and our planet in 2020, says Jago Wadley of Global Witness
Angeli Mehta, (Jul 27, 2021)
In her monthly column, Angeli Mehta reports on the Commission’s ambitious ‘fit for 55’ package, the UK’s roadmap to decarbonise transport, and the G20 ministerial meeting
John Randall, (Jul 19, 2021)
Comment: John Randall, Baron Randall of Uxbridge, warns that the Environment Bill, currently being scrutinised in the House of Lords, has loopholes that will allow meat linked to deforestation to enter UK food supply chains
Angeli Mehta, (Jun 29, 2021)
Angeli Mehta assesses progress at the G7 leaders’ meeting amid growing calls for the COP26 host to urgently step up domestic action
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
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
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
Oliver Balch, (Apr 28, 2021)
In his monthly roundup of sustainability news, Oliver Balch looks at how brands used Biden’s climate summit to set out their stalls for COP26, developments on reducing emissions in food system and attitudes toward future of work
Terry Slavin, (Mar 17, 2021)
Environmentalists fear more tropical forest could be cleared to expand palm oil plantations as state oil company announces roll out of green diesel for road and aviation fuels. Terry Slavin reports
Morgan Gillespy, (Nov 25, 2020)
Comment: The impact of the extractives sector on forest loss has been largely overlooked, says CDP's Morgan Gillespy. With the New York Declaration on Forests' goal of halving deforestation by 2020 in tatters, there's an urgent need to press laggards for action
Niki Mardas, (Nov 20, 2020)
Comment: Niki Mardas of Global Canopy says the president-elect’s promise of $20bn to protect the Amazon is welcome, but US leadership could be most decisive in targeting trade in forest-risk commodities like soy, palm and beef
Rachel Cox, (Jul 28, 2020)
Rachel Cox of Global Witness warns that those who stand on the frontline of environmental defence must be protected, as new figures reveal 2019 was the most dangerous year on record for indigenous and community activists
Oliver Balch, (Jul 6, 2020)
In the first part of his Cheat Sheet analysis of sustainability news, Oliver Balch looks at data from Planet Tracker showing agriculture funds failing to address deforestation risk, a new guide for ESG investors from Ceres, Syngenta’s Green Growth Plan, and how a fashion industry effort to source sustainable viscose has won backing from Amazon
Arlo Brady, (Apr 22, 2020)
In this #EarthDay comment piece, Freuds CEO Dr Arlo Brady says there is no way we can socially distance our way out of the climate crisis, but the Covid-19 may hold other lessons about the importance of a speedy response and global cooperation
Angeli Mehta, (Mar 23, 2020)
The EU is being urged to ensure that financial stimulus to help industry survive the crisis should be compliant with its newly published Green Deal. Angeli Mehta reports
Paul Polman, (Mar 23, 2020)
Paul Polman argues that companies must rapidly transition to a way of doing business that does not destroy biodiversity and natural capital or there will be more Covid-19s