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The new European Union deforestation regulations are a hot topic for food companies, but key facts remain poorly understood.
by Theresa Lieb
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The growing market for rubber is a major and overlooked cause of deforestation, and the transition to electric vehicles could accelerate rubber use.
by Fred Pearce
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Limiting land conversion is a notoriously difficult challenge that requires alignment between companies, governments, farmers and other stakeholders.
by Theresa Lieb
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New research into Verra’s REDD+ methodology found cherry-picking and overcrediting.
by Jesse Klein
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A CDP report shows few companies are engaging their entire supply chains on strategies to reduce or eliminate tree cutting, with North American companies at most risk.
by Jesse Klein
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Scientists have estimated that without immediate action, the lake could dry up in as little as five years. Here are some ideas for its recovery.
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Avoided deforestation credits represent a reality that doesn’t exist. Removing them from net-zero strategies, while still funding them under a different scheme, can avoid this problem.
by Jesse Klein
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A recent landmark law agreed upon by EU member states is set to ban imports of goods linked to deforestation.
by Tom Howarth
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Three ways that a bioeconomy model could become a reality in Brazil, including regeneration, local communities and more.
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Sponsored: We all depend on healthy forests — and so does our economy. Here are key lessons from a company aiming to counteract deforestation for their products.
by James McCall
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A progress report on promises around national emission-reductions targets, adaptation finance, methane emissions, deforestation and phasing out coal.
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The Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) asked food, agriculture and land-use companies to commit to ending deforestation by 2025.
by Amber Rolt
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There is continued confusion over guidance on the role protecting forests should play on a company’s road to net zero.
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Financial institutions must act now to boost water security and to protect themselves from the risks created by the water crisis.
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Sustainability investment group Ceres aims to engage the world's largest companies and investors to protect global water systems.
by Amber Rolt
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The consumer products leader is vowing to restore more water than it consumes, with a focus on 18 ‘water-stressed’ regions. Does it go far enough?
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Sponsored: Effectively managing onsite water use increases corporate water resiliency and helps organizations achieve their ESG goals.
by Meg Mason
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Companies have been promising on deforestation for years but the results are still discouraging. How will businesses really step up?
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The Action for Sustainability Derivatives initiative brings together top palm oil buyers to map their supply chains and look for sustainability issues downstream.
by Jesse Klein
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Sponsored: The new Sustainable Forestry Initiative 2022 standards will ensure healthy forests that lead to benefits such as avoiding deforestation and fighting climate change.
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There are reasons to be both hesitant and optimistic about the COP26 deforestation pledge.
by Theresa Lieb
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An ambitious program could help companies achieve their net-zero goals in a way that also might mitigate greenwashing claims.
by Joel Makower
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If we don’t fix what is broken for the Colorado River, we will feel the bite of climate change and resultant economic, business, social and ecosystem impacts at a scale exceeding the American dust bowl of the 1930s.
by Will Sarni
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Only a few years ago, Samburu women in northern Kenya were cutting down firewood in Kirisia forest and burning it to make charcoal.
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Many other tribes have looked to the success of the Elwha River dam removals in bringing down fish-blocking dams in their lands as well.