Adapt to the Era of ‘Show, Don’t Tell’: How Tech is Shaping the Future of Commodities and Land Use

After decades of corporate good intentions but mixed results, regulators and investors are no longer satisfied with promises to curb emissions or protect biodiversity. The conversation has shifted to the practicalities of how to reduce emissions, manage environmental risks, and report these efforts with credibility and transparency. While for many years the core focus was on climate change and greenhouse gas emissions, recently, the call to action has been expanding across all nature assets and ecosystems, expanding both the opportunity for impact and the challenges for defining and measuring impact. Telling stakeholders you intend to be an effective steward of climate and nature isn’t enough. Increasingly, regulation requires firms to show, not just tell.

19 September 2024

The lead up to COP29 – this month’s key events

As we enter September, momentum is building towards COP29, which will take place in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 11th-22nd November. A series of events focusing on accelerating action to tackle the climate crisis will be held by leading organisations globally across the month

03 September 2024

National alternative protein innovation centre launches

The UKRI Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and Innovate UK have invested £15 million into the National Alternative Protein Innovation Centre (NAPIC). The NAPIC is a collaboration between researchers at the University of Leeds, the James Hutton Institute, Imperial College London and the University of Sheffield.

28 August 2024