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Summits can Unblock Ocean Finance Flows

Chris Hall

The World Economic Forum has said that “transitioning to a nature-positive, inclusive, and sustainable economy is not achievable without a safe and thriving regenerative blue economy”. 360° view of the pipeline Investors are increasingly recognising the financial materiality of sustainable and regenerative oceans.

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Summits can Unblock Ocean Finance Flows

Chris Hall

Governments gathering for critical ocean -focused negotiations this summer must prioritise unlocking private financial flows into a sustainable and regenerative blue economy, according to ocean finance experts. A unified taxonomy helps investors identify credible projects and avoid greenwashing, increasing trust in blue finance.

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How McCain Foods embraced regenerative farming

Corporate Knights

It’s the same problem that confronts us all, to a greater or lesser extent: climate change is imperilling how we get our food. Charlie Angelakos, VP of sustainability, McCain Foods So the company embarked on a new mission to attain 100% regenerative agriculture across its farms by 2030. But McCain has a problem.

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Sustainability Backsliding Doesn’t Have to Mean Back to Square One

Stanford Social Innovation

Companies should learn from the past, and think long term: In other periods of backsliding, leaders were separated from greenwashers. In some cases, this approach may reveal that the earlier strategy of greenwashing no longer needs to be maintained. In other cases, companies are buying time to fully evaluate and assess the changes.

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Beyond wars and pandemics, the climate crisis is the greatest risk to food supply chains

Corporate Knights

Climate-related events like this across the globe are only beginning to ripple into markets and food prices, but the time to act is now. A number of food companies are stepping up to the global climate change effort, including a handful of Canadian ones, but the large majority have yet to take meaningful action.

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Cooking the books: The magical math of ‘climate-friendly’ meat

Corporate Knights

A convoy of tractors was making its way to a Dutch government building in February when Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted out his support for farmers revolting against the EU’s regulatory push to drive down climate emissions: “I’m pro-environment, but I support the farmers! Farming has no material effect on climate change.”

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Businesses and investors need to roll up their sleeves and join the race to revive biodiversity

Corporate Knights

The Living Planet Report 2022 shows an average decline of 69% in wildlife populations since 1970, thus emphasizing the dual crises of biodiversity loss and climate change driven by human activities. Unlike the climate crisis that led to the signing of the Paris Agreement , biodiversity loss has received little attention until now.