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Mark Hillsdon, (Jun 20, 2022)
Mark Hillsdon reports on the Red Sea Development Project, which will include 70 new hotels, and aims to achieve a 30% net conservation benefit by 2040
Mark Hillsdon, (Jun 14, 2022)
The industry has been slow out of the blocks on shrinking its carbon footprint, but leaders are showing the way forward, writes Mark Hillsdon
Angeli Mehta, (Jun 13, 2022)
Angeli Mehta reports on the delicate balancing act required to channel funds from the multi-billion dollar industry into protecting nature, rather than destroying it
Terry Slavin, (May 25, 2022)
In the June issue of The Sustainable Business Review we report on the risk of stranded assets due to water scarcity, the need for joined-up action on climate change, desertification and biodiversity loss, and how companies are looking to AI to help them decarbonise. We also report on key themes from the recent Responsible Business U.S.A. event in New York
Mike Scott, (May 24, 2022)
With a third of listed financial institutions not assessing exposure to water risk, investors and companies have a big blind spot. Mike Scott reports
Angeli Mehta, (May 24, 2022)
Policymakers meeting in Abidjan earlier this month were urged by the U.N. to work on all three critical areas together to make progress
Native Ad, (Mar 22, 2022)
Sponsored content: By Kimberly Grubert, Project Consultant, WSP
Sarah LaBrecque, (Mar 21, 2022)
As Canada weighs up mining development in Ontario’s Ring of Fire region, Sarah LaBrecque reports on how it is becoming a test case for the principle of whether affected communities have the right to say no
Alan McClay, (Mar 9, 2022)
Comment: With the latest IPCC report highlighting the risk of ecosystem collapse, Better Cotton’s Alan McClay welcomes the attention now being given to ending destructive farming practices
Sasha Cohen Ioannides and Dr Andy Zynga, (Jan 5, 2022)
From regenerative agriculture to labelling, FutureFoodMakers has created a Menu for Change for a more sustainable way of putting produce on our plates, write Sasha Cohen Ioannides and Dr Andy Zynga
Christine Allen, (Dec 20, 2021)
COMMENT: Christine Allen of Cafod and Beccy Speight of the RSPB highlight how state-owned development finance agencies, such as the UK's CDC Group, are undermining international goals to solve the triple threat of climate change, nature and poverty
Simon Zadek, (Dec 13, 2021)
Simon Zadek recalls his 20-year journey from Ethical Corporation contributor to chair of the Finance for Biodiversity Initiative
Jeremy Coller, (Dec 1, 2021)
Comment: Jeremy Coller, founder of FAIRR, writes that COP26’s failure to address the climate impact of farming will deepen investor concerns about the sector
Oliver Balch, (Nov 25, 2021)
Oliver Balch reports on new initiatives launched at COP26 to engage SMEs and to help the fashion industry sharpen its act on climate
Terry Slavin, (Nov 18, 2021)
COP26 saw an unprecedented surge in corporate climate pledges, particularly on nature and emissions in hard to abate sectors, but with rising concern about the credibility and effectiveness of private sector commitments, the focus going forward will be holding their feet to the fire. Terry Slavin reports
David Craig, (Nov 17, 2021)
Comment: David Craig of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures explains how the TNFD will provide a framework for companies to measure and account for their impacts on biodiversity for the first time
Terry Slavin, (Nov 7, 2021)
Terry Slavin asks whether all the programmes and finance announced last week will reach the smallholder farmers and indigenous people on the frontlines of protecting forests in tropical countries
Pietro Bertazzi, (Oct 7, 2021)
Comment: Ahead of this year’s momentous COP summits, action to tackle biodiversity loss must be at the heart of both government action and corporate strategy, write Pietro Bertazzi and Helen Finlay of CDP
Terry Slavin, (Sep 27, 2021)
Terry Slavin reports on the findings of the World Benchmarking Alliance’s first assessment of how the world’s biggest food producers, restaurants and retailers are performing on the SDGs
Charlie Mayhew, (Sep 22, 2021)
Comment: Tusk co-founder Charlie Mayhew hopes the growing interest in ESG will drive conservation higher up the corporate and investor agenda and give natural capital its true value