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The EU Nature Restoration Law cost-benefit ratio of 1:12 The EU Council formally adopted the Nature Restoration Law (NRL), a far-reaching law to restore ecosystems across the EU, on 17 June.  Up to 80% of habitat types in the EU are in poor condition, up to 70% of soils in the EU are unhealthy, and the overall environm ...

Financial services are critical for corporate activities to regenerate and promote biosphere resilience as a key strategy to confront the new risk landscape and are essential to the transformation needed for a sustainable future. Current financial risk frameworks focus mainly on financial materiality and risks to the f ...

Material circularity (MC) develops positively when a material is circulated through reuse, refurbishment, remanufacture, or recycling at its highest quality, it usually being measured through material flow analysis (MFA).  When economic value is generated as commonly measured through life cycle costing (LCC), economic ...

Sustainability has become a key corporate strategy inspiring companies to implement the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).  This paper identifies the SDG priorities in the automotive industry worldwide, from the point of view of the geographic, cultural, social, and economic specifics of the countries in which th ...

Adaptation planning more effectively reduces climate risk when it identifies not only disparities in how people are affected by climate change but also the underlying causes of climate vulnerability.  Transformative adaptation involves consideration of the physical and social drivers of vulnerability and how they inter ...