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‘If we don’t radically change how we do business in the next decade we will run out of time’
Peter Bakker, (Oct 30, 2020)

Comment: WBCSD’s Peter Bakker explains why the sustainable business organisation is raising the bar for ambition and action on climate change, nature loss and social equity, and giving its members two years to get into line
Carbon offsetting 2.0: A paradigm shift from free pass to accelerating climate action
Owen Hewlett, (Sep 10, 2020)

Rather than regard carbon offsetting as a substitute for reducing their own emissions, businesses should use it as a complementary measure beyond science-based targets to catalyse climate action that wouldn’t have otherwise happened, argues Gold Standard’s Owen Hewlett
Will Covid-19 allow us to flatten the curve on climate change?
Angeli Mehta, (May 2, 2020)

With the IEA predicting that global CO2 emissions will fall 8% this year, Angeli Mehta weighs the early evidence of whether the pandemic will speed the energy transition
Earth Day Cheat Sheet: ‘Dear Nature, we promise we’ll treat you better than ever before’
Terry Slavin, (Apr 23, 2020)

Terry Slavin rounds up corporate Earth Day news from around the globe, starting with Timberland’s open letter to nature video
‘We have self-isolated from our environment for far too long’
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
'Tackling deforestation key' as UK looks to plough its own furrow post-Brexit
David Craik, (Mar 7, 2020)

The Committee on Climate Change is recommending that reducing emissions from land use should be central to delivering the UK’s net-zero economy, reports David Craik
CSR Cheat Sheet: Dire climate predictions endorsed by courts
Oliver Balch, (Mar 2, 2020)

In his monthly analysis of sustainability news, Oliver Balch reports on the decision of the UK Court of Appeal shooting down a third runway at Heathrow, Mark Carney’s green finance powwow and reasons to be cheerful about corporate climate action
Covestro aligning R&D portfolio with the SDGs to drive the decade of action
Liam Dowd, (Feb 11, 2020)

In this Q&A, Liam Down talks with Rebecca Lucore, Head of Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility at Covestro LLC, about the challenges and opportunities ahead in the decade of action
‘National Trust is stepping up to the climate crisis, but not all net-zero strategies are equally radical
Will Jenkins, (Jan 21, 2020)

Will Jenkins of Carbon Intelligence explains how the UK consultancy has helped one of Europe’s biggest conservation charities to set its 2030 goal without relying on carbon offsets
'To achieve the SDGs in a warming climate we will have to change how we produce our food'
Sunny Verghese, (Jan 3, 2020)

Olam’s Sunny Verghese says a global food and agricultural system in line with the Global Goals would unlock economic value of more than $2tn by 2030
Cities pick up the pace on tackling climate change and air pollution
Oliver Balch, (Nov 6, 2019)

In the second part of his monthly Cheat Sheet roundup of sustainability news, Oliver Balch reports on the C40 World Mayors Summit and new science showing that food that is good for people is also good for the planet
With the emissions challenge so great, this is no time for the Department for Transport to go rogue
Mike Childs, (Jul 1, 2019)

For the UK to deliver on its new net zero greenhouse gas target, car travel needs to reduce by 20% and flights by 18%. Mike Childs of Friends of the Earth urges the government to put climate change at the centre of its thinking, before it's too late

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