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Pollination's Beth Keddie joined the International Mining and Resources Conference (IMARC) to share insights from our newly released practical guide: Nature. Data. Action and discuss how the #mining sector can overcome challenges in achieving nature positive outcomes. "Nature positive requires a step change in approach for mining companies," she said. "Nature should be fully embedded across the organisation - and lack of data shouldn’t hold you back from starting now." Those who want to get started and are in mining, property, industrials or associated sectors can do so by checking out our practical guide. Download for free at https://lnkd.in/g6ddtMcx Anthony Pansini Dr Andrea Marsland-Smith Emma Gagen #IMARC2024 #naturepositive Sophie St John Minerals Council of Australia ICMM Jasmin Bentink

Leaders across the mining, property and industrial sectors are recognising the need to act in response to the emerging nature agenda. But many say they feel unable to get started because they lack the data or do not have data in the right form. Pollination's Nature. Data. Action sets out how you can use the data you probably already have access to and get started with identifying and mitigating the risks you face, as well as grasping the opportunities. Based on publicly available tools and frameworks and informed by our team's deep experience working with clients in these areas, this easy-to-understand and practical guide sets out the steps you can follow from getting started to maturing and deepening the nature capability in your organisation. Download Nature. Data. Action for free at https://lnkd.in/g6ddtMcx #IMARC #naturepositive Beth Keddie Green Building Council of Australia Davina Rooney Property Council of Australia Mining.com.au Mining Queensland Minerals Council of Australia ICMM Emma Gagen Laura Waterford Guy Michael Williams Tina Perinotto Sophie St John

In Cali at COP16? Pollination's Helen Crowley, Jane "Carter" Ingram and Matthew Cranford, PhD, CFA, along with the Pollination Foundation team are on-the-ground and would love to connect. See our schedule of events - Pollination: https://lnkd.in/eBtbZHFs Pollination Foundation: https://lnkd.in/gzs2Vcj7 #PazConLaNaturaleza #COP16Colombia

We welcome the recently-announced $4 million grant from the Australian Government to kickstart The Woolmark Company's ground-breaking Australian Wool Industry Insetting Program, a strategic partnership between Woolmark, Pollination, and Landcare Australia. The program, part of the recently-unveiled Woolmark+ roadmap, will connect apparel brands with Australian woolgrowers looking to reduce emissions through nature-based solutions. This industry-first initiative will develop and trial an insetting framework, aimed at enabling emissions reductions within the textile supply chain. The strategic partnership creates a comprehensive approach to implement, report, and scale insetting. It will connect global fashion and textile brands and woolgrowers with greenhouse gas emission reductions on Australian wool-growing properties, which in turn can reduce brands' scope 3 emissions within the value chain. This initiative will provide woolgrowers with tools to manage more than 65 million hectares of Australian land more sustainably. “By supporting nature-based solutions such as environmental plantings and best-practice flock management, the project will lay the foundation for scalable, high-integrity emissions reductions that deliver environmental and economic benefits for Australian woolgrowers,” said Pollination Director Lara Phillips. Find out more about the insetting program at https://lnkd.in/gJUdn49y #sustainablefashion #netzero #naturepositive Ella Edwards Hamish Reid

Pollination's Megan Flynn writes for SmartCompany about the 'missing middle' that's holding back the ability for tech entrepreneurs and startups to make the rapid and large impacts we need to see when it comes to the climate and nature crises. "As the world mobilises to address this threat there is a need for new thinking, fresh solutions, technological disruption and game-changing hardware, software and tools," she writes. "Nature is the new climate – both an existential threat and an irresistible opportunity space. It should be startup heaven." "But as political, business and environmental leaders lament change is not happening quickly enough, frustration builds. Because for the most part, it is not true that our innovation sector lacks the big ideas needed to accelerate the transition and achieve system-wide step changes." We have the innovators and the big ideas, Megan argues, and we also have large corporate entities with clear needs for solutions as they attempt to decarbonise and embed nature into their strategy and operations. What's mostly missing is early and catalytic connections between innovators and solutions demanders -- so that bright ideas can be more quickly developed and scaled to meet the needs of the market. Forging these catalytic collaborations and connections and helping big ideas grow fast into commercial solutions is Megan's passion and a big part of what Pollination does. This piece sets out how we do that, why it matters, and why the world needs much more of it. Read the full piece at https://lnkd.in/gc8Js4S7 #climatetech #naturetech #climatestartup #climateentrepreneur #netzero #naturepositive Peter Castellas Nihal George Mick Liubinskas

As COP16 Colombia gets underway, Singapore's Eco-Business spoke with Pollination's Laura Waterford about the hot topic of biodiversity credits and markets. "Carbon credits’ younger siblings, biodiversity credits, are having a moment," notes the story by Gabrielle See 谢欣冕. "What lessons should be learned from carbon markets, and are 'high-integrity' biodiversity credits within reach?" Laura shares the insights gathered from Pollination's recent State of Voluntary Biodiversity Credit Markets report -- which surveyed 16 leading providers of biodiversity credits around the world. The report found that between US$325,000 and US$1.85 million worth of voluntary biodiversity credits have been sold globally, with the majority of schemes either already featuring third party oversight or planning to do so. It finds biodiversity credit schemes are drawing a clear distinction between voluntary biodiversity credits and biodiversity offsets, with 88% of respondents indicating their schemes are not intended to support the issuance of biodiversity offsets. Laura also drew on the 2023 version of the report, which compared eight different biodiversity credit schemes. “What our review found was that they each had different strengths, and some of them were doing really well in some areas of high-integrity considerations, but fell short in others,” she said. Read the full Eco-Business story at: https://lnkd.in/g37Kw5-K Download our State of Voluntary Biodiversity Credit Markets report at: https://lnkd.in/eQkAspbr Olivia Back Veda FitzSimons Biodiversity Credit Alliance #naturerepair #biodiversitycredits Ngaio Neumegen Kelly Ng Diego de Sartiges Heng Dean Law

On 27 October at COP16 the Global Environment Facility (GEF), in collaboration with the Government of Colombia, Conservation International, The Nature Conservancy, The World Bank, The World Economic Forum, The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and The International Conservation Caucus Foundation will bring together policymakers, stakeholders, and experts to provide insights from varied perspectives on how Parties can progress in achieving Target 18 of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF). Pollination Senior Advisor Helen Crowley will join the "Private Sector Leadership" session with representatives from Business for Nature, We Mean Business Coalition, Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), OP2B, WBCSD – World Business Council for Sustainable Development and Cargill to discuss the role of the private sector in demonstrating solutions, transition pathways and new models of engagement/collaboration. Get in touch for more information. #cop16 #biodiversity #nature

To deliver on the goals set at COP15, the upcoming UN Biodiversity COP16 will once again unite business leaders and policymakers to advance nature-positive action through impactful, catalytic collaboration. Pollination will have a strong presence at COP16 in Cali. If you're attending, we invite you to explore our events and find out how you can connect with our team during the conference. For more information and event details, please visit: https://lnkd.in/eBtbZHFs Jane "Carter" Ingram Matthew Cranford, PhD, CFA Helen Crowley Jane Hutchinson Ariadne Gorring Kirsty Galloway McLean Guy Michael Williams With thanks to our partners and collaborators Howden, Nature2, Barclays, The Rockefeller Foundation, World Benchmarking Alliance, IUCN, Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), S&P Global #cop16 #biodiversity #nature

Launched today: a new report with Howden exploring the critical role insurance plays in enabling investments in nature-based solutions: https://lnkd.in/gDE3-i_8 As we reach the halfway point in a decisive decade for the future of our climate and nature, significant acceleration of private sector capital flows towards nature-based solutions is essential. Our report offers actionable insights for investors, insurers, policymakers, and the wider nature community. It highlights strategies to de-risk investments, mobilise capital, and leverage insurance innovation to protect natural assets. Going to be at #COP16Cali? Connect with Pollination's Jane "Carter" Ingram and Matthew Cranford, PhD, CFA who will be on the ground in Cali to chat about the report. #Cop16Cali #Insurance #NatureFinance #NbS Valerie Pinkerton Sage Bucher-Melcer Erin Gianferrara Annick G. Paradis Megan Flynn Patrick Suckling Geoff Summerhayes

Biodiversity underpins all economic activities and human well-being. Yet biodiversity - and the ecosystem services it provides - continue to decline at an alarming rate. Halting and reversing biodiversity loss by 2030 will require urgent action to mobilise finance for biodiversity from all sources, public and private, domestic and international. Speaking ahead of COP16, Pollination Senior Advisor Helen Crowley will be joining the High-Level Plenary on 'Mobilising private finance for biodiversity' at the OECD - OCDE Forum on Green Finance & Investment on 16 October. This session will bring together leaders from the private sector to explore incentives, investment barriers and opportunities for scaling up private biodiversity finance. It will focus on biodiversity financing instruments, investment projects and financing channels, including blending of public and private finance. Register today: oe.cd/gfi-forum2024 #OECDgfi #GreenFinance