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  • Global biodiversity credit market unlikely to look like UK's BNG market, says consultancy

    10 September 2024

    A global biodiversity credit market will come to fruition, but is unlikely to emulate the market being created under UK's pioneering Biodiversity Net Gain legislation, a consultancy has predicted.

  • 'Robust escalation strategies' needed on biodiversity, says ShareAction

    10 September 2024

    Investors have been urged to tackle biodiversity risk in their portfolio in a ShareAction report, which calls for 'robust" escalation strategies, including divestment.

  • EXCLUSIVE: M&G to rebrand climate solutions fund as biodiversity

    06 September 2024

    M&G Investments is rebranding its climate solutions fund as a nature and biodiversity fund, as it looks to capitalise on growing interest in the theme, Environmental Finance has learned.

  • Central banks have a 'duty' to manage nature risks, says ECB

    06 September 2024

    Central banks have a "duty" to manage nature-related risks, the European Central Bank has said, warning that litigation poses an increasing threat.

  • Blue debt constrained by lack of opportunities, warns Sustainable Fitch

    05 September 2024

    Despite seeing an increase in the level of issuance, the 'blue debt' market is being hampered by a lack of guidelines and investable projects, Sustainable Fitch has warned.

  • Managing biodiversity should be a 'commercial, not a sustainability decision', says UBP

    05 September 2024

    Managing biodiversity risks and opportunities are a "commercial decision, not a sustainability one", Swiss bank UBP has said in an article with the Peace Parks Foundation, as it calls for further measurement of biodiversity gain.

  • UN and GFI nature finance programme to launch at COP16

    05 September 2024

    A programme to scale up nature restoration finance will be launched at COP16 by the Biodiversity Finance Initiative, the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative and the Green Finance Institute.

  • Inadequate credit market could worsen biodiversity loss, warns Grantham Institute

    04 September 2024

    Failing to set a up a properly functioning biodiversity credit market and inadequately addressing fundamental problems could worsen nature losses, the Grantham Institute has warned.

  • COP16 to drive 'permanent change' for financial institutions, says host

    04 September 2024

    Organisers of COP16 are to make finance a key priority at the upcoming global biodiversity conference, and are looking for the private sector to make "permanent changes" with their nature and biodiversity investments.

  • First investor expectations on deforestation published

    03 September 2024

    The International Investor Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) and the Finance Sector Deforestation Action (FSDA) has published a 'first-of-its-kind' set of expectations for banks on eliminating deforestation.