Tag: biodiversity

H&M Group is using its influence to push for mandatory biodiversity disclosure targets

Stuart Mitchell

WWF’s latest Living Planet Report has once again highlighted the need for urgent action to mitigate the global loss of biodiversity. Since 1970, wildlife populations have declined on average by 69%, and around 1 million species are already at risk of extinction. For more than a decade, H&M Group and WWF have been working collaboratively on creating a more sustainable fashion industry. The partnership encompasses the interconnected areas of water, climate and biodiversity. This week, experts, policy makers and other stakeholders meet in Montreal, Canada for COP15, the UN Biodiversity…

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The UK needs Biodiversity, not bio-reversity

Stuart Mitchell

As the country’s direction for environmental policy continues to make headlines, the John Lewis Partnership has doubled down on its pledges to protect and restore nature with a new plan for nature. This includes a range of new commitments and initiatives to significantly reduce the impact of Waitrose and John Lewis’s commercial activity on the natural world. Leading climate experts estimate that to limit global warming to the recommended 1.5°C, global greenhouse gas emissions must peak before 2025, and be reduced by 43% by *2030. Achieving this requires a fundamental…

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IKEA joins Stockholm+50 events to highlight the role of business in protecting and improving biodiversity

Stuart Mitchell

IKEA has been an early supporter of global efforts to reverse biodiversity loss in this decade. This week, Inter IKEA Group joins the Stockholm+50 conference with one aim to foster dialogue around the important role the private sector can play, by bringing together around 30 businesses in an event co-hosted with WWF and H&M. Stockholm+50 and surrounding events takes place 2-3rd June in Stockholm, Sweden. Inter IKEA Group will be present to engage in conversations around sustainable living, circular economy, sustainable food systems, responsible forest management and biodiversity. In the…

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Tetra Pak launches pioneering initiative to help restore biodiversity and mitigate the effects of climate change

Stuart Mitchell

Tetra Pak announces the launch of the pioneering land restoration initiative The Araucaria Conservation Programme in Brazil, marking the industry’s first nature-based restoration project. The ambition is to generate positive environmental, economic and social benefits for local communities and restore and protect biodiversity in the region. Developed in collaboration with Apremavi, a Brazilian NGO specialising in conservation and restoration projects since 1987, the initiative is set to restore at least 7,000 hectares over a period of ten years – equivalent to 9,800 football pitches – of the Atlantic Forest, one…

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AXA announces a plan to fight against deforestation to preserve biodiversity

Stuart Mitchell

AXA has announced new commitments to preserve biodiversity by implementing a plan to fight against the deterioration of forest ecosystems. Deforestation is one of the main causes of biodiversity loss and carbon emissions. It even represents a double loss for the climate because forests are the greatest contributors to carbon capture. To protect these ecosystems, AXA will invest 1.5 billion euros to support sustainable forest management, including 500 million euros in reforestation projects in emerging countries, enabling a total of 25 megatons of CO2 to be captured each year. Currently,…

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