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What's the business case for building sustainable choices into TV shows? Join me to discuss how ITV includes climate content in drama, reality, entertainment and more at the Climate Content summit at the Barbican today.

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In the second article in EOS at Federated Hermes Limited's Q3 Public Engagement Report, Joanne (Jo) B. and George Watson explain how we engage with companies on water #stewardship, to address scarcity and quality issues. #ESG #nature #humanrights #biodiversity https://bit.ly/3AsXTQy

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If you do one thing today, watch Erik Thulin's Bescy Environment Group talk on 'Beyond Nudge'. 🙌 He demonstrates how it's possible to use behavioural science to achieve huge social change in two very tough behavioural challenges to restore the environment and protect people's livelihoods. He says: "We need a complete behavioural science informed toolkit for addressing environmental challenges." "That toolkit does include nudges, but when you want transformative change where people are changing things that deeply matter to their livelihoods, it requires more intensive and complex styles of behaviour change interventions." 🌿 #behavioralscience #environment #behaviouralscience #behaviourchange Rare

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🦔 🦋 🐝 Hedgehogs, daddy long-legs, bees, butterflies, wasps. They were all common in my suburban garden when I was growing up but I’m seeing fewer of them every year. Yes, even wasps. UK Government statistics show that biodiversity has declined 19% since the 70s, cementing Britain firmly in top 10% of the world’s most nature-depleted countries. Construction and engineering has a massive role to play in changing the narrative - creating environments that aren’t just human centric but nature centric - putting livable wild spaces ahead of tidy plots of concrete and tarmac. BAM has a lot of work to do to educate our people, our industry and our clients about how we can do things better. But our industry isn’t alone, as our research shows. Our survey is a wake up call for UK businesses and the role they can play in helping to reverse catastrophic biodiversity loss. I’m not going to sugarcoat it, the more you read about the subject, the more frightening it becomes. It’s not too late to make a difference but the worst thing we can do is ignore it. Thanks to the incredible work from Sara Henriksson with help from YouGov to get this report across the line.

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Who else is going to CIBSE’s #Build2Perform Live tomorrow? Looking forward to taking part in discussions on climate resilience, the future of building services, and - crucially - the strategies to drive industry engagement on these issues (always a key focus for us at Content Coms | B Corp Certified™️). Let me know if you're going - it's always good to chat, especially over ☕ #SmartBuildings #CIBSE #Innovation #SustainableEnergy #ClimateAction #NetZero #HealthyBuildings #ESG #Build2Perform

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A mud appreciation post! 💙 🤎💙 🤎💙 🤎 This new report maps out how UK seabeds are critical for storing blue carbon - and what we need to protect these in our fight against climate change. Read the report here: https://lnkd.in/eR6d3v8g

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Are you a business making changes to reduce your carbon footprint? 👣 Are you an individal championing change? ♻️ Are you a group that cares deeply about the enviroment? 🌍 Do you know an individual or business that deserves to recognised? 🏆 Find out how to enter below👇🏼 #climate #oxford #oxfordshire

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We all know our natural world is in crisis. But at WWT, we also know there is a solution. You’ll find it wherever water meets land. Wetlands are literally dripping with potential to help us in the fight against the climate, nature and wellbeing crises. And we’ve now mapped where in the UK the creation of wetlands would bring the most benefits. From policy makers and communities to landowners and investors, our Wetland Potential Maps can be used by anyone looking to maximise the superpowers of these water-purifying, mood-boosting, flood-busting, carbon-storing habitats.

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Feeling rather proud as today is the launch of Nature’s Workforce. A tool that has been created by the National Trust, WWF-UK and the RSPB as part of the #SaveOurWildIsles campaign. It helps you to ask right questions, shape discussions and collaborate with colleagues to make a plan for action that will benefit your company and our natural world. We surveyed the UK public and found that 62% of people feel their employer should be doing more to tackle issues such as nature loss and climate change. But 42% don’t feel confident to start a conversation on the subject. All workplaces, no matter their size or what they do, have a huge impact on the natural world. As an employee, we all have a powerful voice which can initiate changes to help our workplace bring nature back from the brink. We created it in collaboration with employees from diverse industries, working in different roles and across varying levels of seniority to ensure it gives everyone, no matter what they do, the practical resources, accessible information and simple steps, to have conversations for change.  Visit https://lnkd.in/e9icP5_7 to explore and please share far and wide. Everyone in every business can be a force for nature!  ⭐ Ellen Howells Kim Dunn Emma H. April Hart (prev. Matthews) Tabitha Newell Jodie Palmer ⭐ #NaturesWorkforce

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Our client Climeaction helps businesses reduce carbon, save energy, and ultimately increase profits. Paul Murphy, CEO, chatted to Jo Linehan for her #Climate Allies column in the monthly CLIMATE supplement of The Sunday Times. If you need a practical, realistic climate action strategy talk to Climeaction today. #climate #sustainability #decarbonisation #ESG

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MUST READ whether you're voting in UK or not! Superb 'long read' by Hettie O'Brien on how the govt muzzled the Environment Agency...leaving our rivers to be flooded by sewage & agricultural pollution. The Guardian article delves into years of increasing cuts, neglect and bad policy decisions that have de-fanged the Agency and enabled destructive practices. And turned our polluted rivers into an electoral issue... "Cleaning up rivers has become an electoral issue that commands near-universal support. Conservatives are now being forced to reckon with the consequences of cutting the agency’s funding and encouraging it to take a softer approach. This has resulted in the absurd spectacle of public arguments about who is to blame for the state of rivers conducted by the very people who are responsible for the state of rivers." And there's a very apt quote from Helen Nightingale to end it: "Water pollution seemed to just not be seen as significant or important. But not now. Oh no. Water quality is suddenly very important." https://lnkd.in/eKizeA_P

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Loved making these films for E Co. and Mariella de Souza-Baker. We were able to create 15 separate thought leadership films for their YouTube channel from just one day of shooting. Each film was scripted in advance and then people from the company popped in for 30 mins each to film their videos by reading from an autocue and talking directly to camera. A great example of how businesses are using YouTube to establish themselves as industry thought leaders. Please do check out E Co. , who are a fantastic environmental consultancy, helping the world be a little bit greener. #brandedcontent #VideoProduction, #FilmMaking, #ContentCreation, #FilmProduction, #CorporateVideo, #VideoMarketing, #Videography.

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#INC-5 will start in Busan next week. Two years ago, governments promised that this will be the final round of negotiations to deliver a legally binding instrument to end plastic pollution. WWF delegation is heading to Busan to hold governments accountable to that promise representing the voices of our supporters. The task is clear: a treaty will only be effective if it goes beyond goals and ambitions and includes 4 essential measures (Must Haves): 📌 Global bans on the most harmful and problematic plastic products and chemicals 📌 Global product design requirements and systems for the transition towards a non-toxic circular economy 📌 Aligned financial flows and sufficient resources for systems change 📌  Decision making mechanisms to ensure the treaty can be strengthened and adapted over time.  The good news is - this is possible but requires a real political leadership from the majority of countries who are onboard with this vision to making it a reality despite a few detractors. The next week could define the trajectory of the plastic pollution crisis. Let’s make it count.  Read more about the #plasticstreaty Must Haves https://lnkd.in/ei-QTfKD Samuel Davies Eirik Lindebjerg John Duncan Hanna Eberhard Markus Winkler Zaynab Sadan Zach Abraham

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Do you live in a pollution hotspot? Our new research shows that pollution levels are harmful to wildlife in a whopping 27% of England's neighbourhoods. Pollution hotspots are areas where wildlife is pushed to the brink by a toxic cocktail of dirty water, polluted air and disruptive noise and light. Find out what pollution’s like in your area: https://lnkd.in/eETHjdNJ

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📈 As conversations about the government's growth mission, particularly the role that decarbonisation can play in delivering it, gather pace, it's critical that we don't neglect the role that nature has to play in our prosperity. 🌳 Nature provides the foundation to our economy and people's wider prosperity. We know that 55% of global GDP is moderately or highly dependent on it. However, progress to protect and restore it has often been slow, despite the UK's status as one of the world's most nature-depleted nations. Ultimately nature loss presents systemic risks to businesses and the financial system, it will disrupt supply chains and lead to diminished economic growth. While investing in nature recovery offers real opportunities in sustainability linked markets and nature-based solutions. Through the 2021 Environment Act and commitments like the 30x30 target, we have a solid legislative foundation for action - but progress has been much too slow relative to the urgency of the situation. As outlined in the briefing, we need a clear delivery plan to reach our 30x30 target and a roadmap for implementing mandatory Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures. This also demands the proper resourcing of the authorities in place to regulate this. They, along with local authorities play a critical role in supporting delivery, particularly monitoring and enforcing regulation to build private sector confidence to invest in nature. A clear delivery plan for #nature isn't a nice to have, it's a fundamental part of addressing environmental degradation, biodiversity loss, climate change, and adapting to a warming planet. It can also secure us significant economic and social benefits. The full set of recommendations, including reflections on the Land Use Framework, delivery plans for 30x30, and ways to improve engagement and develop new ideas, is available here 👇

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Scotland is a nation that has long been engaged on climate and new research, published just weeks after the Scottish Government's potential climate rollback, shows that this is not changing 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🌍 🍃 The findings reveal distinct support for climate policies and a deep mistrust in the North Sea oil and gas industry - notably from the SNP voter base, which consistently proved to be among the most concerned around climate. 🛢 💰 North Sea oil and gas companies are widely considered to benefit more from extraction in the basin than Scotland itself does currently. 🌳 More than half of young people across Scotland want the government to introduce policies that will encourage green investment - such as ending new oil and gas licensing. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Just one fifth of respondents in the UK’s oil capital, Aberdeen, trust the industry to ensure that Scotland’s workers and communities benefit from the green transition. Read more in The Herald Scotland

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Late to the party today Innovation Zero Came across Nigel Topping, CMG being interviewed by Joanna Gosling on main stage. Key lines: - We are not on course to meet net zero by 2050. - As the Climate Change Committee reports have said we are not on track with policies to make the next steps. - Changing targets is not good for business. - No targets is terrible. If we don’t have a strategy that is an abdication of responsibility. - Clarity is very helpful. And a lack of it means we waste money. - Confident that patten of adoption of new technology will drive. - Last combustion engine will be sold in 10 years. - Built environment we’ve done a bad job on because of standards. - Food and agriculture is difficult and the sector is understandably worried which will become focus of Climate Change committee in future reports - Mobilisation of finance in emerging markets desperately needed ($2.4tn a year needed — if we don’t then human and economic suffering is huge) - Geopolitics impact because of climate migration if we don’t - Private finance needs to engage - do the hard work - there are good returns to be made. #netzero #innovationzero

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Sustainability and comms need to go hand in hand as David Willans so correctly points out. You’ve got to think of all the audiences who need to be engaged, from employees, partners, investors, suppliers, customers, regulators, media, and more. And then find and craft the stories that’ll excite and influence them. And then meet them where the conversations are taking place. It’s not one-size-fits-all. Just writing a report and sticking a pdf online for people to read is not going to cut the mustard. In fact it’s both a risk and a missed opportunity.

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The rise of the in-house sustainability manager or sustainability officer is crucial for identifying and reducing carbon emissions, along with addressing environmental and social governance impacts within our organizations. Shoutout to the incredible sustainability managers and the impactful programs they lead, driving a low-carbon culture across the UK! Just some of the many roles of the sustainability officer today: 🌿Setting goals encompassing net-zero that are ambitious but also achievable 🌻Allowing others to learn from your good practice in-house and in-industry 🌱 Avoiding greenwashing and greenhushing 🌆 Staying up-to-date with policy, legislation and governance and reacting to these 🌻 In-depth supply chain analysis 🚡 Driving sustainable innovation 🌳 Cross-team collaboration and topic engagement 🗺 Long-term planning 📖 Examining competitor reports 🚬 Managing Scope 3 emissions 🌳 Making data-driven decisions 🤼 Stakeholder management 📈 Tracking industry trends 📚 Compliance checks 🏫 Educating customers What people assume we do: 🌳 Tree planting 🍿 Recycling policies 🖥 Just energy-saving initiatives 🚲 Encouraging the whole office to have plant-based lunches and ride bikes! ⚡ Apply for sustainability awards   #sustainabilitymanager #sustainabiltyofficer #ESG

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