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One of the biggest stories of 2020 was the rise of the corporate tree-planting movement, with dozens of multinational businesses from virtually every industry
January 11, 2021 by Heather Clancy
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Julie Gorte is senior vice president for sustainable investing at Impax Asset Management LLC and Pax World Funds. She oversees environmental, social and
December 21, 2020 by Julie Nash
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A coalition of investors with $2.1 trillion in assets under management plan have teamed up to deliver a pioneering satellite monitoring program for tropical
November 6, 2020 by Cecilia Keating
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Carbon offsets are a big, confusing topic. Three breakout sessions at VERGE 20 covered this topic, with over 100 participants at each. Still, each one went
November 4, 2020 by Jesse Klein
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Back in my former life as a tech journo, my coverage was informed by the infamous "hype cycle" phrase coined by research firm Gartner to describe the arc of
October 22, 2020 by Heather Clancy
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Lauren Compere is managing director and director of shareholder engagement at Boston Common Asset Management, a management firm specializing in responsible
October 20, 2020 by Julie Nash
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U.S. confectionary, food and pet care giant Mars claims to have eliminated deforestation from its palm oil supply chain after shrinking the number of mills it
October 7, 2020 by Cecilia Keating
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The Amazon Basin is approaching a dangerous tipping point. Within a few years the world’s largest tropical forest could experience a "die-back" that would not
September 9, 2020 by Ilona Szabó de Carvalho
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This story originally appeared in Mongabay and is republished here as part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalistic collaboration to strengthen coverage
August 10, 2020 by Stephanie Hanes
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This article was originally published on World Resources Institute.
The tropics lost 29.4 million acres of tree cover in 2019, according to data from the
June 16, 2020 by Mikaela Weisse
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This article is sponsored by Quantis.
It’s 2020. We’ve officially entered the defining decade to tackle the climate crisis. As businesses ramp up climate
May 6, 2020 by Michèle Zollinger
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This article is sponsored by Cargill.
Having visibility into our supply chain and work on the ground is critical. That’s why Cargill is using satellite images
March 19, 2020 by Jill Kolling
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There’s a reason outspoken environmentalists are often described as "tree huggers" — deforestation is one of the most visible and measurable expressions of the
February 17, 2020 by Heather Clancy
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Reprinted from GreenBuzz, a free weekly newsletter. Subscribe here.The issue of corporate deforestation is on the rise, taking root in supply chains in a
July 23, 2019 by Joel Makower
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A large majority of leading companies are failing to report on the risk of deforestation in their supply chains, despite many of their business activities
July 22, 2019 by Madeleine Cuff
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Deforestation and illegal agriculture still account for roughly 20 percent of all greenhouse gasses, leaving major producers of soy, beef and other commodities
July 17, 2019 by Steve Zwick
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This story was originally published on Yale e360.The eight-story Carbon 12 building in Portland, Oregon is the tallest commercial structure in the United
May 21, 2019 by Jim Robbins
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Tropical forests globally are being lost at a rate of 61,000 square miles a year. And despite conservation efforts, the global rate of loss is accelerating. In
March 19, 2019 by Matthew Fagan
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One of the most powerful tools in the fight against climate change is a "secret technology" that has surrounded us for the past 3.5 billion years.So says Peter
March 14, 2019 by RP Siegel
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Ernie Shea clearly remembers that frigid Saturday in Copenhagen, in December, 2009. It was the midpoint of global climate negotiations, and he’d come with a
March 8, 2019 by Steve Zwick
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Let’s be frank. For those of us who care about deforestation, the last few years have not been good.The latest data tells us we’re losing more tropical tree
January 21, 2019 by Justin Adams
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Skyrocketing global demand for commodities such as soybeans and palm oil is an unrelenting force driving tropical deforestation. To address the risks to
October 5, 2018 by Frances Seymour
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This article is drawn from the VERGE Weekly newsletter from GreenBiz, running Wednesdays.I must admit: When Jane Goodall, one of my childhood heroines, was
September 21, 2018 by Shana Rappaport
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Agricultural and forestry commodities, such as soy, palm oil, beef, timber and cocoa, are some of the leading causes of rainforest destruction and the
July 6, 2018 by Violaine Berger
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The silver bullet has become a metaphor for a simple, almost magical solution to a vexing problem. While silver bullets may be handy to fight werewolves, most
May 25, 2018 by Corey Brinkema