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  • UK announces £10m fund to drive private sector investment in nature

    11 February 2021

  • Biting the hand that feeds it: Brazilian meat sector's degradation of natural capital

    08 February 2021

    The meat industry is becoming increasingly important for Brazil's economy. But as explored in a new special country report from the Coller FAIRR Protein Producer Index for investors, its degradation of natural capital has the potential to undermine its growth and sovereign risk rating, warns Maria Lettini

  • Natural capital focus sees Norway, Netherlands punished in sustainability ranking

    04 February 2021

    Norway and the Netherlands were among the countries that dropped sharply in the 2020 sovereign sustainability analysis undertaken by Candriam, after the asset manager weighted its scoring model more on how countries manage natural capital.

  • Financial actors 'critical' to supporting biodiversity, says landmark Dasgupta Review

    02 February 2021

  • Why the UK government should back bees over neonicotinoids

    29 January 2021

    Instead of sanctioning a bee-harming pesticide, the UK Government should transform the agricultural sector to be truly sustainable, argues Marcus Wilert

  • Cautiously optimistic response to voluntary carbon blueprint

    28 January 2021

    A blueprint for scaling the voluntary carbon market was today cautiously welcomed as a development that will help boost confidence in carbon offsetting.

  • 'Legislate against' deforestation financed by Vanguard, BlackRock

    26 January 2021

    Sanctions should be introduced for financial institutions like Vanguard, State Street and BlackRock, which collectively provide $2.7 trillion in financing to companies driving tropical deforestation and have no policy to curb the practice, according to a report by Global Canopy.

  • How to scale the carbon offset market

    22 January 2021

    The Taskforce on scaling voluntary carbon markets will next week publish its final recommendations. Annabelle Palmer spoke with market participants to hear their thoughts on the proposals outlined so far

  • Investor alliance targets $10bn natural capital investment

    11 January 2021

    An 'alliance' of institutional investors HSBC Pollination Climate Asset Management, Lombard Odier and Mirova aims to invest $10 billion in natural capital by next year.

  • Global banks supply $800m a day to plastics supply chain

    07 January 2021

    The amount of money that banks have pumped into the global plastics supply chain has been tracked in a new report