GreenBiz Group
December 3, 2020
New benchmark shows that biodiversity is in fashion
Liesl Truscott
Thu, 12/03/2020 - 01:00
This week, in advance of World Soil Day — Dec. 5 — the Textile Exchange Corporate Fiber and Materials Benchmark (CFMB) Program is launching a new tool to help the fashion and textile industry take urgent action on biodiversity.
The Biodiversity Benchmark, developed in partnership with The
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Ethical Corporation
November 8, 2020
“Water, water, everywhere nor any drop to drink,” vividly sums up the sorry situation of a ship’s crew becalmed near the Equator. That often-quoted line from Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem about an ancient mariner who disregards nature could well stand for our predicament today.
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Grist News
October 18, 2020
Restoring degraded natural lands highly effective for carbon storage and avoiding species extinctions.
GreenBiz Group
September 24, 2020
Why nature is the next frontier for sustainable business
Erin Billman
Thu, 09/24/2020 - 01:15
It has been encouraging to see company and government commitments to cutting greenhouse gas emissions coming thick and fast in recent months, even despite the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes announcements from corporate giants Facebook, Uber and Amazon. America’s Pledge has just revealed that
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GreenBiz Group
September 24, 2020
Why nature is the next frontier for sustainable business
Erin Billman
Thu, 09/24/2020 - 01:15
It has been encouraging to see company and government commitments to cutting greenhouse gas emissions coming thick and fast in recent months, even despite the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes announcements from corporate giants Facebook, Uber and Amazon. America’s Pledge has just revealed that U.S.
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GreenBiz Group
September 24, 2020
4 things corporations should know about urban forestry projects
Jesse Klein
Thu, 09/24/2020 - 01:00
It’s hard to make planting trees political, one reason this climate mitigation strategy has received rare bipartisan support for the past two decades. Corporations have used that to their advantage to become an important part of the tree planting business. Funding tree planting in rural areas
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Grist News
September 24, 2020
The 18-year-old is trying to defend her tribe's sacred lands and way of life, despite new threats from the Trump administration.
GreenBiz Group
August 7, 2020
Planting tiny urban forests can boost biodiversity and fight climate change
Alex Thornton
Fri, 08/07/2020 - 00:30
How much space do you think you need to grow a forest?
If your answer is bigger than a couple of tennis courts, think again. Miniature forests are springing up on patches of land in urban areas around the world, often planted by local community groups using a method
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Grist News
August 3, 2020
A new experiment provides a window into the future of peatlands, the world's largest natural carbon store.
Sustainability Matters
July 22, 2020
UNSW Sydney researchers have found that man-made reefs — in conjunction with the restoration or protection of natural habitat — can increase fish abundance in estuaries.
The researchers installed six artificial reefs in each estuary studied, finding that overall fish abundance increased up to 20 times in each reef across a two-year period.
The research — funded by the NSW
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