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Cost-of-living crisis spurs living wage engagement, says Hermes

The global cost-of-living crisis has spurred engagement with companies on the living wage by investment manager Federated Hermes, an executive at the firm's stewardship provider has said

AXA launches forest restoration programme

Social issues among 'most material' ESG risks for alternative proteins

Factors ranging from climate to the 'just transition' were among the most material environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks to the alternative proteins industry...

EU proposes that financials prove absence of links to deforestation

EU proposals to require financial institutions to demonstrate their activities have no links to deforestation have progressed, after overwhelming approval from parliament.

$39trn investor group urges governments to step up climate action

533 institutional investors managing a total of about $39 trillion in assets have urged governments to enact climate policies to leverage private finance.

Palladium: 'Worrisome' subsidy challenge to natural capital

UK agricultural subsidies present a challenge for financing natural capital projects in the UK, an executive at management consultancy Palladium Group has said.

FAIRR launches alternative protein reporting frameworks

Airport raises biodiversity sustainability-linked loan

HSBC: Biodiversity-focused SLBs could increase

An increase in the issuance of sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) linked to biodiversity could result from the combination of the forthcoming biodiversity COP with an ICMA release, writes Thomas Cox

Australia needs policy change to tackle 'critical risks to natural capital', says Pollination

Significant changes in government policy and business practice are required to address Australia's "critical" natural capital risks, Pollination has said.