This October, the Seventeenth Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 17) will take place in Yerevan, Armenia, spotlighting the theme, Taking Action for Nature. COP 17 will focus on the first global review of action since the adoption of the Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF) at COP 15 in 2022. The vision of the KMGBF is a world living […]
In this blog series, Tandem Global CEO Margaret O’Gorman shares insights from her decades of experience working with businesses to advance nature-positive strategies. She’ll explore key trends, highlight innovative solutions, and offer perspectives on how companies can move from intention to action. February 2025 Tandem Global is a new organization focused on combining business and […]
At heart, greenwashing is saying all the right things but doing absolutely nothing. This is the sin of greenwashing that none of us should accept.
When WHC was created 33 years ago, the intersection of business and biodiversity was firmly located in the realm of environmental health and safety (EHS), with a focus on regulation, compliance and operations.
At the bottom of all these words and declarations lies one simple truth: we need to stop the destruction of nature. We know what the drivers of destruction are. We know where the decision points lie, and we know how to fix and restore nature once its destruction has been halted. But it’s only in the jurisdictions that these things can happen.
Five key issues give cause for modest hope and provide signals for businesses looking to advance biodiversity protection and ecosystem restoration in the new year.
The importance of private sector engagement in NbS and NCS for both climate mitigation/adaptation and biodiversity uplift.
From the World Economic Forum in Davos to the Convention for Biological Diversity’s COP15 in China, 2020 was meant to be the Super Year for Nature, sending us into 2021 with renewed vigor for our work. But nature had other ideas.
Now that the dust has settled from this explosive start to what is being billed as a super year for nature, where do we stand? Has anything changed?
Read the transcript of Margaret O’Gorman’s speech given at Conservation Conference 2019 in Baltimore, Maryland.