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Global biodiversity credit market unlikely to look like UK's BNG market, says consultancy
10 September 2024A 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.
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'Robust escalation strategies' needed on biodiversity, says ShareAction
10 September 2024Investors have been urged to tackle biodiversity risk in their portfolio in a ShareAction report, which calls for 'robust" escalation strategies, including divestment.
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EXCLUSIVE: M&G to rebrand climate solutions fund as biodiversity
06 September 2024M&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.
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Central banks have a 'duty' to manage nature risks, says ECB
06 September 2024Central banks have a "duty" to manage nature-related risks, the European Central Bank has said, warning that litigation poses an increasing threat.
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Blue debt constrained by lack of opportunities, warns Sustainable Fitch
05 September 2024Despite 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.
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Managing biodiversity should be a 'commercial, not a sustainability decision', says UBP
05 September 2024Managing 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.
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UN and GFI nature finance programme to launch at COP16
05 September 2024A 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.
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Inadequate credit market could worsen biodiversity loss, warns Grantham Institute
04 September 2024Failing to set a up a properly functioning biodiversity credit market and inadequately addressing fundamental problems could worsen nature losses, the Grantham Institute has warned.
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COP16 to drive 'permanent change' for financial institutions, says host
04 September 2024Organisers 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.
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First investor expectations on deforestation published
03 September 2024The 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.