Category: CSR/ECO/ESG

For Black History Month 2023, the British Ecological Society (BES) journals are celebrating the work of Black ecologists from around the world and sharing their stories. In this blog, Dr Nomthandazo Samantha Manqele shares their story and journey in academia.  Name: Dr Nomthandazo Samantha Manqele  Affiliation: Social Ecologist at Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa  […]

Sandra Oliveira discusses new research, conducted with colleagues, that saw the development of a model to predict the possible future spread of the invasive Tiger mosquito. The Tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) is a highly invasive species that, in the last 40 years, has colonized all continents except Antarctica. Why do we need to worry about […]

by Gael O’Brien In a recent conversation with a friend, I mentioned I’d struggled at times not feeling I was good enough working on a very challenging project. She shared, “that’s why I work hard to be perfect.” Suddenly I was reminded of a ditty my grandmother taught me when I was in middle school. […]

The canopy is a shade house suitable for large field crops, standing five meters high and equipped with rotating solar panels fixed on cables, secured in place by poles spanning a width of 27 meters. With its partial and rotating shading capability, the agrivoltaic system has a dual use: it can shield crops from hot […]

As of June, Waga Energy, a specialist in the production of Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) at landfill sites, and PreZero, a leading Spanish supplier of waste treatment and environmental services, have started an RNG production unit at the Can Mata site located at Els Hostalets de Pierola, around 40 km from Barcelona (Catalonia region). The […]

This new technology, applied to steel coating lines, is the first of its kind worldwide and receives EU funding from the Innovation Fund, the EU’s programme for the deployment of net zero and innovative technologies, funded with revenues from the EU Emissions Trading System. The Electron Beam technology and Ultra Violet (EB UV) project produced […]

Many groups are pushing corporations and other large entities to gather and publish data on their carbon emissions. The stated purpose of these efforts is that this data will inform public policy decisions on carbon use and drive investment capital towards carbon reduction efforts.

Trevor Caughlin and co-authors describe how the local impacts of an invasive plant motivated research to understand where it spreads. Biological invasions threaten global biodiversity, motivating studies to control invasive species’ spread. We studied outbreaks of puncturevine (Tribulus terrestris), an invasive species in Western North America. While our team appreciates the global threats posed by […]

ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) is a series of standards that are used to measure the impact that a business or organisation has on the environment and society. It also measures how accountable the business or organisation is for its actions, as well as how transparent it is.

Ninad Mungi shares recent work, conducted with colleagues, which involved monitoring India’s levels of invasive plant species. This has knock-on effects for apex predators, such as tigers, who rely on their prey being able to access native species. Introduction In a world grappling with drastic ecological challenges, biological invasions have emerged as a pernicious threat […]