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Nature-positive guide launched for insurers

Investors need to open their eyes to nature returns, says UNDP

The UN Development Programme (UNDP) has called on private investors to "step up" and "open their eyes" to potential returns at the start of the desertification COP in Saudi Arabia.

Astarte launches $350m Chilean regen-ag strategy

Sustainable real assets investor Astarte Capital Partners is to manage a $350 million regenerative agriculture-focused fund alongside Chile-based Toesca Asset Management.

Proving the case for natural capital investments

As Climate Asset Management celebrates passing $1 billion of assets, its CEO Martin Berg says it hopes to launch a follow-up fund next year. Peter Cripps reports

Aviva to integrate nature into transition plan

Aviva is to integrate nature into the second version of its transition plan, a conference heard.

Investors must open minds to hybrid nature projects, says EBRD

Investors need to be more open-minded about "hybrid projects" that combine conventional and nature investments, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has said.

We haven't yet 'cracked the nut' on biodiversity credit demand, says BNP Paribas

A clear economic case for the voluntary acquisition of biodiversity credits has yet to be made, BNP Paribas Asset Management has said, calling for "humility" whilst the market develops.

Online BNG marketplace launched

COP16 to reconvene to sort 'unfinished business'

The Convention on Biological Diversity has announced that it will reconvene the COP16 biodiversity talks in February to finalise "unfinished business", including finance.

ISSB to develop nature standard, board member says

A member of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) has said he expects a standard on nature to be developed in "due course".