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Global Canopy to assess companies on deforestation action
27 June 2024Global Canopy has announced plans to assess companies on their level of progress towards eliminating progress, in a bid to improve investor engagement.
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$15trn of investors back PRI's deforestation engagement initiative
26 June 2024Investors including UBS and APG have joined the Principles for Responsible Investment's (PRI) newly launched nature engagement initiative, SPRING, which will target 40 companies globally on their deforestation lobbying activities.
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EXCLUSIVE: SBTi called on by 'Global South' to 'set a new direction'
25 June 2024The Science-Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) has been called on by 69 organisations, who claim to represent the Global South, to allow the use of carbon offsets, alleging that their view is being ignored "by the decision makers" in the Global North.
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Nature and impact data firm has 'concerns' about data estimation issues
25 June 2024Global nature and impact data provider GIST Impact has said it "shares concerns" about the accuracy of data estimates and machine learning models, calling for more standards to deliver legitimacy and more innovation.
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EU urged to use Biodiversity Net Gain as blueprint for Nature Restoration Law
24 June 2024Natural capital investor Gresham House has urged EU countries to use England's Biodiversity Net Gain legislation as a blueprint for implementing its recently approved Nature Restoration Law.
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Apple, Amazon and EasyJet targeted on water data
24 June 2024A group of over 100 global financial institutions has targeted 1,029 high water use companies to disclose their water related impacts and risks to CDP, the non-profit environmental disclosure platform.
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The role for TNFD in managing risk
24 June 2024Business's impacts and dependencies on nature will only increase in salience. The tools and guidance available from the TNFD provide the perfect foundation for every business to start the journey, writes Judy Kuszewski
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SBTi urged by nature investors to allow offsets
21 June 2024A group of prominent nature investors and conservation advisers have urged the Science-based Targets initiative (SBTi) to allow offsets within transition plans and proposed key principles to ensure 'guardrails' are put in place.
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UBS invests in impact and nature data firm GIST Impact
21 June 2024UBS Next, the innovation unit of the Swiss financial giant, has invested in climate, impact and nature data firm GIST Impact.
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All 14 TNFD metrics interoperable with ESRS
20 June 2024A new mapping of the interoperability between the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) and the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) has found a "high level of commonality".