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'Game-changing' zero-deforestation soy finance initiative launched

Three major UK supermarket chains have invested $11 million in a 'green bond'-backed soy farming finance initiative providing financial incentives for Brazilian farmers to commit to cultivating soy without engaging in deforestation or land conversion.

Foresight Group eyes more acquisitions

Ricardo Pineiro says the renewables infrastructure and private equity specialist is looking to "turbocharge" its growth, including through more acquisitions. Genevieve Redgrave reports

Robeco appoints manager for forthcoming biodiversity fund

Forestry fund signs £30m sustainability-linked RCF

The Foresight Sustainable Forestry (FSF) fund has signed a sustainability-linked revolving credit facility (RCF) of £30 million ($37 million).

Spatial data key to tackling nature-climate 'nexus', paper says

Investors should 'get ahead of' biodiversity regulation, says Jefferies

Opimas: Biodiversity to echo climate data boom

Financial biodiversity data provision will surge in the next few years, echoing the rise of climate data, an analyst at US management consultancy Opimas has said.

Biodiversity data guide aims to address investor 'challenges'

A guide on biodiversity integration by financial institutions that looks to navigate difficulties including on data availability and consistency is set to be published in September by the Finance for Biodiversity Foundation (FfB).

Mrema: TNFD reporting could become mandatory at COP15

The reporting of biodiversity risks as defined by the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) could become mandatory for financial institutions under the COP15 agreement...

Finance for Biodiversity Pledge passes 100 signatories