Monthly Archives: November 2014

Dieter Helm gives evidence in Westminster

NCI’s Daija Angeli summarises Dieter Helm’s progress report today to the Environmental Audit Committee on the work of the Natural Capital Committee. Advising the Government on climate change proves to be much more straightforward than making recommendations on maintaining our natural capital, said Professor Dieter

November 25th, 2014|Policy|

Valuing our Life Support Systems 2014: Will accountants save the world?

Richard Spencer, head of sustainability at the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, suggested that the accountancy profession might be the ones who will “save the world” by insuring that broader issues than finance are taken into account on balance sheets, at the

November 17th, 2014|NCI, NCI event|

Natural Capital needs relevent stories to be told as well as good science

Sarah Jane Chimbwandira, Surrey Nature Partnership Sarah Jane Chimbwandira of Surrey Wildlife Trust looks forward to the session hosted by the Surrey Nature Partnership at the Natural Capital Initiative's Valuing Our Life Support Systems summit. She argues that the messages of Natural Capital

November 4th, 2014|NCI, NCI event|