BBC Wildlife magazine's latest issue contained a 4 page spread discussing the subject of biodiversity net gain and featured a segment from our Chairman David Hill. David discussed Environment Bank's ambition for habitat banks with the aim of setting up 100 over the coming years as net gain becomes established. Professor Hill mentioned that money currently spent on on-site mitigation will be much better used to…

Plantlife, of which Environment Bank Chairman David Hill is a trustee, has been awarded the CIEEM Best Practice Knowledge Sharing Award 2020 for Managing grassland road verges: a best practice guide.  This is fantastic peer recognition of a publication that was brought about through a collaborative partnership effort with Highways England, Natural England, Welsh Government, Transport Scotland and Nature.Scot, Skanska, Kier, Butterfly Conservation and The Wildlife Trusts.…

As Biodiversity net-gain is rolled out gradually across the country and with the upcoming national mandate set to be introduced with the Environment Bill in 2020/2021, Environment Bank are getting an increase in enquiries for offsetting sites in new local authority areas every week. With a key principle of offsetting being that offset sites should be located in close proximity to the development which they are…

The Environment Bank are pleased to announce we are providing support to the Woodmeadow Trust. The Woodmeadow trust is a pioneering charity that is looking to address the catastrophic declines in biodiversity in the UK by creating 'woodmeadows'. These habitats provide great opportunities for wildlife with species-rich grassland transitioning into broadleaved woodland. Structural diversity with sympathetic management that is a true net gain for biodiversity. The…

Our Chairman David Hill was recently interviewed for a piece in Transform Magazine, a publication from the Institute for Environmental Management (IEMA). The piece titled "widen the net" covered the application of biodiversity net gain and the implications for people working within the sustainability sector. David once again highlighted that offsetting if applied in the right way is not a 'license to trash' and that on-site…

A recent blog article published on the US-based website Ecosystem Marketplace discussed how Environment Bank is pioneering the use of techniques from the USA in the UK. The article provides an excellent summary of the Environment Bank's history since 2009 and highlights some of the key ongoing challenges faced in implementing offsetting and mitigation banking in the UK. The full article is well worth a read…

An article about biodiversity net gain was featured in the July edition of the Countryside and Land Association magazine 'Land and Business'. This piece included an interview with Environment Bank Chairman David Hill. The article brought the concept to a vast number of landowners, many of whom were unaware of the possibilities the schemes could bring to them in terms of creating another income stream for…

Yesterday the government announced it was launching a Green Finance Strategy with the aim to increase investment in sustainable projects and infrastructure. This was accompanied by the statement that there would be an expectation for limited companies to disclose how climate change impacts their work. The government will explore the best way to do this and are yet to decide whether a mandatory disclosure of impacts…

Below follows a brief summary of the article, if you would like to read the full piece click here. The latest issue of The Chartered Institue of Ecology and Environmental Management's (CIEEM's) InPractice (June 2019) focussed on the subject of biodiversity net gain. A number of articles were included in the issue from a wide range of consultants and covered various issues around net gain. Environment…