Category: CSR/ECO/ESG

Founded in Geneva in 2001, Covalence evaluates the environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance of thousands of companies around the world. Covalence has recently released a new data set that monitors whether or not a corporation is conforming to well-established “norms” of behavior.

In many parts of the world, grasslands and savannas are being taken over by trees. This change reduces biodiversity and alters how these ecosystems work. We wanted to test a simple, low-cost way to slow this process and help restore open grassy areas. In our study, we created small clearings (“glades”) by cutting trees in […]

Fire has shaped mountain grasslands for thousands of years and remains essential for keeping them healthy. But as the climate warms, we need to understand how rising temperatures and fire together will affect these ecosystems. In our study, we tested how warming and different fire frequencies interact in the Drakensberg Mountains of South Africa. In […]

In our ‘Field Diaries’ series, The Applied Ecologist is sharing stories from a range of different fieldwork experiences.  About the author Mallika Sardeshpande, She/her Affiliation: Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, India During the field work: Institute of Natural Resources, South Africa Ecology interests: Agroecology, Urban ecology, Green infrastructure © Mallika Sardeshpande Overview of […]

More and more European drivers are buying fully electric cars (also called battery-electric vehicles – BEVs) and benefitting from growing cost savings. This is a welcome change as the road transport sector has been one of the most difficult sectors of our economy to decarbonise.  Soaring oil prices, fuelled by the instability in the Middle East, […]

Xiaoran Wang, East China Normal University, and Jian Zhang, Sun Yat-Sen University, discuss their article: Elevation and environmental factors shape variability rather than the mean of seedling herbivory across subtropical forests In mountain forests, not all seedlings experience insect herbivory in the same way. While some individuals suffer substantial leaf damage, others are barely affected. […]

The European Parliament and Council have reached a provisional agreement on a key legislative proposal supporting the implementation of the EU’s 2040 climate objectives while enhancing resilience to volatility in fossil fuel imports. The agreement strengthens the Market Stability Reserve (MSR) for the new emissions trading system covering buildings, road transport and additional sectors (ETS2), […]

Today, the European Commission has formally established the new Battery Booster Facility C(2026) 3828/2. Mobilising up to €1.5 billion from EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) revenues in the Innovation Fund, the Booster will help battery cell manufacturers to ramp up production in Europe. For the first time, the Commission will provide direct support in the form […]

Luís Felipe Daibes, from Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden, Haldre Rogers, from Virginia Tech, and Marco A. Pizo, from São Paulo State University, discuss their article: Landscape features predict broad-scale seed rain patterns across fragments of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, in both English and Portuguese Spanning a broad latitudinal gradient across South America, the Brazilian […]

Scientists constantly investigate the state of our planet and our greenhouse gas emissions and policy choices. This allows them to make projections about what our climate will look like in the future, based on different paths we might follow. Based on current policy choices, scientists have recently said that the previous ‘worst-case scenario’ (known as […]