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Biomass data from satellites 'can benefit voluntary carbon market'

Satellite imagery has been used to build a global map the amount of carbon sequestered by trees and plants, in a development that could help add transparency to forestry carbon...

NBIM: CDSB reporting 'unlikely to be comparable'

MSCI: Food firms can avoid losses by shifting to plant-based proteins

Shifting towards plant-based proteins could save food-related companies 7% of their market capitalisation in avoided losses from climate-related policy changes...

BlackRock's Fink lauds decarbonisation 'phoenixes' over divestment

BlackRock chief executive Larry Fink rejected sectoral divestment as a means to deliver a net-zero transition in his annual letter to fellow bosses...

Real estate decarbonisation standard under construction

A global standard for the real estate sector to set 'science-based' targets that help restrict global temperature rise to 1.5°C is set for release in April, it has been revealed.

64 shades of green

Data is just the beginning and not the solution for the financial industry, argue Sandro Schmid and Egor Maslov

Most large French companies 'still don't have enough women on boards'

A €5 trillion ($5.7 trillion) French investor initiative focused on improving corporate gender diversity hopes for "more tangible progress" in 2022...

Citi, CommerzBank among climate tech firm backers

A climate technology firm has raised $19 million in funding from five investors, including the venture capital arms of Citi and CommerzBank.

PRI calls for human rights-linked sovereign bonds

The UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) has urged its signatories to encourage countries to issue sustainability-linked bonds tied to human rights factors as part of a drive to incorporate human rights into investment decisions.

Simplifying the CA100+ net-zero benchmark is 'laughable'

Criticism of the Net-Zero Company Benchmark developed by Climate Action 100+ (CA100+) being "too complicated" has been described as "laughable,"...