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We're supporting the campaign for World Food Day with Mediaplanet UKIE. Read online at globalcause.co.uk/world-food-day or in today’s World Food Day publication for the latest on how to sustainable land use can help combat malnutrition #WorldFoodDayCampaign

Brilliant video by Yayasan WWF Indonesia 🌴 #Palmoil is found in many of our everyday products. Unsustainable practices cause #deforestation. Support RSPO certified #sustainable palm oil products to protect the remaining forests on Earth 🌏 #ShareOurPlanet

#naturebasedsolutions to #climatechange in focus this afternoon at @Ethical_Corp #tform event, where I moderated panel with Martin Frick Martin Frick of @UNFccc and Han de Groot of Rainforest Alliance

Barry Callebaut, Mars, @voicenetworkeu Mondelēz Intl Rainforest Alliance Fairtrade Foundation call on EU to strengthen due diligence requirements on companies in #cocoa. We welcome this initiative and call for explicit inclusion of the right to living income and #LivingWage. solidaridadnetwork.org/news/mars-barr…

Rainforest Alliance - In a unique position to protect our environment and build a #sustainable future! Our interview with Han de Groot CEO of Rainforest Alliance buff.ly/2MJlD8M #AmazonRainforest #Sustainability #BusinessNews

“Well I am telling you there is hope. I have seen it. But it does not come from governments or corporations. It comes from the people.” Here’s a small part from my speech today at the #cop25 in Madrid.

Giving women opportunities to succeed in Peru and Ecuador utz.org/better-busines… via @https://utz.org/

CEO of Unilever + CEO of #IKEA + @DSM + Iberdrola + #business groups representing 1000s of companies: “The text on the table at #COP25Madrid is not strong enough. Match the ambition of the private sector” @wmbtweets gj Climate Group The B Team Corporate Leaders Groups Ceres CDP

Rainforest-Alliance announces strengthened cocoa-certification program: rainforest-alliance.org/business/innov…

What if we built city #infrastructure from sustainable wood? That's what Cities4Forests, WCS, and Pilot Projects hope to do with #BrooklynBridge. Check out how they want to support a sustainable forest management in Guatemala: ow.ly/wDSz50AHlXU

This should be front page news. 50% of the arctic has melted in 50 years - a terrifying indicator of an escalating global crisis that can only be addressed when we tackle systemic problems together, not just the symptoms. reuters.com/article/us-cli… #IMAGINE

Groenlands ijs is in halve eeuw niet zo hard gesmolten als nu. Het verloor 532 miljard ton ijs: 1,5 mm zeespiegelstijging. Een ecosysteem-herstellende economie is echt geen hobby meer, maar een noodzakelijke stap in onze evolutie als menselijke soort. nrc.nl/nieuws/2020/08…

A picture says a thousand words.

Banken gaan biodiversiteitsbehoud op de agenda zetten. In 2024 worden 1e resultaten verwacht. Het kan een kantelpunt zijn want banken zijn met overheden de financiers van biodiversiteitverlies. Druk blijft hard nodig zodat overheden / bedrijven sneller stappen zetten Trouw @undp

Amazonia is closer to a catastrophic ecological tipping point than any time in the last 100,000 years, and human activity is the cause. Rainforest could be replaced by grasslands within our lifetime. We need political will! #LeticiaPact World Economic Forum Iván Duque 🇨🇴 phys.org/news/2020-09-a…

Recent survey shows that only 17% of Board of Directors serving on Sustainability committees have sustainability expertise.Imagine if only 17% of the directors serving on the audit committee had financial literacy?Concerning indeed.Having Climate competent boards is a must by now

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, the barometer of biodiversity, has grown this year exceeding 40,000 species. It reminds us all that the only way forward for future generations is to dedicate our efforts and our economy to restoring and conserving our life support system.

Superb appointment

#DYK Wetlands occupy 5-8% of the Earth’s land surface yet they hold between 20 to 30% of all estimated organic soil carbon! This graphic from Visual Capitalist shows just how vital #wetlands are! ⤵️ 🔗 bit.ly/34hOxXs #WorldWetlandsDay