Tag: Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment

New guidance to help businesses get ahead of the curve with nature-related impact reporting

Stuart Mitchell

One year on from the release of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures’ recommendations, more than 400 organisations – including 63 from the UK – have committed to begin reporting on nature-related issues. And just two weeks ahead of the COP16 global biodiversity summit, new guidance from IEMA will help simplify the process, allowing small businesses to adapt to making nature-related disclosures. The new guidance document, Business Actions on TNFD: A primer on roles and reporting using the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures Framework, has been published by IEMA as…

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New research prompts initiative to accelerate diversity of environmental sector

Stuart Mitchell

Data released by, SOS-UK and its partners, The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA), has revealed that just 4.8% of environment professionals identify as black, asian or minority ethnic, compared with a 12.6% average across all professions.  Despite the efforts of a range of recent initiatives, people of colour remain significantly underrepresented across the environmental sector, according to the new research. Some areas within the environmental sector, such as ‘conservation professionals’ are classified as being 100% white in their makeup, based on the…

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