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BNG success 'jeopardised' by local authority burden, says Gresham House

The implementation of England's Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) legislation is being 'jeopardised' by the lack of resource within local authorities, Gresham House has said, as it called for more support from government.

LGIM, MUFG and Generation IM among second round of TNFD adopters

Investor giants Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group are among the second round of organisations announced as early adopters of the Taskforce on Nature-Related Financial Disclosures (TNFD).

Stafford and JPMAM to manage £300m of timber assets for pension funds

Stafford Capital Partners and J.P. Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM) are to manage a £300 million ($375 million) timberland-dedicated mandate for The ACCESS Pool.

Eiffel invests €20m into agroforestry data business

Data providers called on by $8trn investors to step up deforestation coverage

Data providers have been urged to step up their coverage of deforestation risk exposure by a coalition of major global investors, including Aviva and Generation Investment Management.

Global Canopy to assess companies on deforestation action

Global Canopy has announced plans to assess companies on their level of progress towards eliminating progress, in a bid to improve investor engagement.

$15trn of investors back PRI's deforestation engagement initiative

Investors 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.

EXCLUSIVE: SBTi called on by 'Global South' to 'set a new direction'

The 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.

Nature and impact data firm has 'concerns' about data estimation issues

Global 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.

EU urged to use Biodiversity Net Gain as blueprint for Nature Restoration Law

Natural 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.