Category: CSR/ECO/ESG

Miguel Arias Cañete – Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy. Speech before the ENVI committee of the European Parliament. Dear Members, Allow me to start my first intervention as a commissioner before the ENVI committee stressing, as I did during the hearing, the importance that I give to the European Parliament, not only as co-legislator […]

In August 2023, various UK national newspapers picked up the story about how Stonewall and the LGBT Foundation are grading hospitals for their use (or perceived mis-use) of language which infers gender. Here at ESG PRO Limited we see this as a retrograde step which flies in the face of the very principles of ESG […]

Mairi Hilton discusses new research in which she and colleagues developed and tested a structured approach to capture the expert knowledge of recovery teams when deciding if, when and how to act to manage a decline in a threatened species. Background When making decisions about threatened species, managers must often use incomplete data, because the […]

Sarah Sapsford Sarah Sapsford discusses her recent article: Slow soil enzyme recovery following invasive tree removal linked to bacterial and fungal communities. 🌲 The tree invasion problem Pine trees have been planted around the world for their fast growing and useful timber. But sometimes these trees can become highly invasive – and when they do, they […]

Today, the Commission published the Terms and Conditions (T&C) for its pilot auction dedicated to European renewable hydrogen production. It is an important step towards scaling up production of renewable hydrogen in the EU. The auction, funded by the Innovation Fund under the umbrella of the EU Hydrogen Bank, is intended to open on 23 […]

Vítek Latzel and colleagues discuss their latest research, published in the Journal of Ecology: Phenotypic diversity generated by a transposable element increases productivity and resistance to competitors in plant populations. Read on to find out more about the role of transposons in biodiversity and resilience: The last decades of biodiversity-ecosystem functioning experiments have attempted to […]

*** This article explores the recent reclassification of aspartame, a widely used artificial sweetener, by the World Health Organization (WHO) as “Possibly Carcinogenic to Humans.” The move has stirred varying responses from regulatory bodies, companies, and media outlets, highlighting the complexities that consumers face in discerning fact from opinion in matters of public health. The […]

Greta la Bella discusses her recent article: Drivers of plant community (in)stability along a sea-inland gradient. Read on to find out about the species ecological characteristics that promote the stability of coastal dune ecosystems: ————————————————————————————————————————————– ❓ What is stability? Global change pressures are threatening the stability of natural ecosystems worldwide, i.e. an ecosystem’s ability to […]

This month, The Applied Ecologist is amplifying the voice of early career researchers from around the world working in and around the field of applied ecology to help inspire the next generation. In this post, Sarah Golding, Steve Guilbert, Harry Marshall, Michelle Spruce, Gerardo A Torres Contreras and Valentine Seymour, ACCESS Fellows at The Universities […]

Delphine Ducros discusses the latest research with colleagues which saw how a suite of modelling tools can be used to identify and protect remote, data-poor natural areas in regions that are in need of urgent conservation policy. The challenge of sampling remote areas Human footprint is increasing worldwide, reaching even the most remote places, with […]