The ocean plays a vital role in Earth’s life support system, and its natural assets are indispensable to industries both on land and at sea. This discussion paper, Investing in a Pollution Free Ocean’ assesses the current landscape of actions by the business and finance sectors to address ocean pollution.

Carolyn Hall, Chief Executive Officer of The Mulloon Institute, speaks to The Action Exchange about the potential for landscape rehydration to build natural capital.

The Action Exchange asks award-winning cattle and seedstock producer Prue Bondfield about the changing nature of investing in agriculture and how primary producers are adapting to a market looking to capitalise on natural assets.

From agribusinesses struggling with on-ground measurements to major supermarket chains wrestling with global supply chain intricacies, the landscape of nature-related issues is becoming increasingly complex.

Accountants are uniquely positioned to reimagine the standards and policies that would make the transition to circular business models profitable.

As companies grapple with stricter ESG disclosures, they may also need to prepare for new rules and reporting on their use of plastics.

With inflows into ESG funds swelling from a trickle to a tsunami in just a few short years, it was only a matter of time before the backlash began. And, now more than ever, ESG communications must match rhetoric to reality.

‘Double materiality’ will become an increasingly important concept thanks to new EU directive rules on corporate sustainability reporting.

Nimble but impactful scale-up companies can use size to their advantage by embedding ESG as they grow.