The Triple Bottom - 🌱 Don’t keep the fire burnin’

Wildfires destroy almost all forest carbon offsets in 100-year reserve for California, study says
Buffer pool: Under California’s rules, the carbon savings of offsets must be guaranteed for at least 100 years (i.e. a tree must stay unharmed for 100 years). To guard against future risks of forest fires, projects contribute 2-4% of all the credits they generate into a buffer pool.
What’s happened: In just 10 years, wildfires have depleted almost all of the carbon credits in the California buffer pool intended to act as insurance against the risk of fire for the next 100 years, a new independent study has found.
Importance: As more companies turn to carbon credits to compensate for their emissions, it’s critical for more scientific approaches to determine the size of buffer pools under the increasing frequency and severity of wildfires. This also highlights the importance of transitioning to high-quality removal solutions - characterised by "additionality" (CO2 removal that would otherwise have not happened) and "permanence" (the length of time the CO2 is removed from the atmosphere).

UK supermarkets behind $11mn initiative to tackle soy-led deforestation
Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Waitrose have invested in a year-long trial, called the Responsible Commodities Facility (RCF) to incentivise 36 Brazilian farmers to use deforestation-free practices of cultivating crops and eliminate the conversion of land for intensive soy production. The trial will provide insights into how these practices work practically to support expansion to more farms. 
A timely announcement: It comes after an investigation concluded that 1,000 sq km of land in the Brazilian Amazon has been deforested by soy farmers in the past decade. This trial could inspire other companies to review their supply chains, assess deforestation risks and help modify farming practices to avert deforestation.

UN General Assembly declares access to a clean and healthy environment a universal human right
Based on a similar text adopted last year by the Human Rights Council, the resolution calls upon States, international organisations, and business enterprises to scale up efforts to ensure a healthy environment for all. Importance: The ruling emphasises legal obligations to act (instead of discretionary pledges) this should help nations to accelerate the implementation of commitments to environmental and human rights.

The world's first recyclable wind turbine blades are commercially spinning 
The problem: We’ve spoken before about wind turbine blades ending up in landfill (8,000 are expected to be decommissioned & enter landfill this year in the US alone). 
The solution: Recyclable blades have been installed in a commercial capacity for the first time at the Kasaki offshore wind farm in Germany. The blades are made from wood and fibreglass (among other materials), which are held together using a special resin. When the blades are decommissioned, the resin can be separated, leaving the individual materials to be reused in new products (like suitcases).  
Why’s this important: The recyclable blade has been brought to market in just 10 months. Early adoption is key to testing the technology in a commercial context and providing rapid feedback for iteration = improvement, more adoption, scaled production and cost-competitiveness.

• Australia enters ‘new era’ on climate change as greenhouse gas bill passes

• Technology is helping plant-based food producer, NotCo, tweak its recipes to avert supply chain delays

• Carbon Capture could be worth £100bn to the UK economy by 2050

• Suzuki adds microplastic collection devices to most popular boat motors