British drugmaker GSK is the first company to commit to guidelines from the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures, which will begin tracking adoption annually from 2024 onwards.
Global pressure has also spurred an investigation by the Forest Stewardship Council into Samling's alleged illegal logging and human rights violations.
The first accountability report on progress made under the Paris Agreement points to serious shortcomings and calls for far greater ambition from the world's governments to prevent climate breakdown.
Human life has changed so fast in our modern age that our biology, ecology and psychology has not kept up. We need to treat social and environmental health on par with physical and mental health to fend off the ills of global warming.
By
Kiffer George Card and Kalysha Closson
Market-based solutions must be harnessed to prevent the exploitation of ecosystems. But such an approach will succeed only if markets' governance principles and operating methods are designed to promote equity and sustainable prosperity.
By
Simon Zadek and
Sandrine Dixson-Declève
Forced migration is a major cause of language extinction. Environmental disasters are driving these displacements in the very regions richest in languages.
By
Anouschka Foltz
When given the chance, women are responsible stewards who use their extensive knowledge and skills to protect and restore the land in their possession.
By
Tarja Halonen and
Hindou Oumarou
Mining operations at Altai Philippines Mining Corporation have been suspended for now, after week-long protests from locals of Sibuyan Island in Romblon, who claimed the extraction of nickel ore will disrupt the island’s intact ecosystems.
The stories of Malaysia’s indigenous tribes are now being captured through the fresh lenses of young female filmmakers. In this bilingual podcast recorded in English and Bahasa Melayu, they tell Eco-Business why they've picked up the camera.