Post by Christopher Marquis
Professor at Cambridge. Author of “THE PROFITEERS: How Business Privatizes Profit and Socializes Cost”; "MAO AND MARKETS” (a FT Best Book of 2022); "BETTER BUSINESS: How the B Corp Movement is Remaking Capitalism"
🌊 This week's #regenerative news stories focus on ocean resilience, biodiversity recovery, and the growing need to protect nature in ways that are strategic, measurable, and economically integrated. 🎙️ In addition, also featured is my conversation with Sophie Dembinski, Head of Norrsken Brussels and former policy lead at Ecosia, where we explore why regenerative business is not simply a matter of individual company ambition, but of building the ecosystems that allow new models to survive and scale. Read on for this week's highlights and links: 🌊 Ocean Resilience — New Atlantic measurements suggest the AMOC may be more stable than earlier collapse scenarios implied. 🦋 Biodiversity Recovery — Reversing biodiversity loss requires systemic regeneration, not isolated conservation projects. 📍 Targeted Protection — Uganda's biodiversity mapping shows why conservation must prioritize biologically irreplaceable places. ⚠️ Nature Risk — Businesses need to trace how ecosystem decline affects operations, supply chains, and long-term resilience. 🔬 Ocean Productivity — Warming seas are weakening phytoplankton, with risks for food webs, fisheries, and carbon storage. 🌲 Rewilding Returns — Rebalance Earth is backing a North Yorkshire estate to link restoration with ecological and financial value. 🚜 Farm Restoration — Denmark's agricultural reforms challenge industrial farming by reconnecting food, welfare, nature, and stewardship. 📋 Reporting Shift — EU draft standards would narrow reporting duties for non-EU firms while keeping supply-chain pressure alive.