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  • $120m fund for Southeast Asian forests closes

    03 March 2022

    New Forests' latest fund for sustainable forestry in Southeast Asia has closed with $120 million of commitments.

  • F4B launches 'first of its kind' climate-nature framework

    01 March 2022

    Non-profit the Finance for Biodiversity Initiative (F4B) has published a "ground-breaking" transition framework to enable financial institutions to integrate their climate and nature approaches.

  • Belize blue bond programme could deploy globally

    25 February 2022

    The blue bond programme that fostered an innovative debt refinancing in Belize could be used to help countries around the world, an executive at a US non-profit has said.

  • People moves, 25 February: SBTi, PRI, Chronos, Atrato & more...

    25 February 2022
  • £300bn of UK pensions assets linked to deforestation

    23 February 2022

    £306 billion ($416 billion) of UK pensions is invested in companies linked to deforestation, according to analysis by non-profits.

  • Nordea reveals 'most influential' biodiversity developments

    18 February 2022

    The most significant advances in biodiversity in the coming year for financial institutions will be standardised frameworks, executives from the market insight arm of bank Nordea have said.

  • Finance for Biodiversity urges policy changes before COP15

    17 February 2022

    The Finance for Biodiversity Foundation has suggested changes to the draft global biodiversity framework before the UN Biodiversity Conference of the Parties (COP15).

  • Carbon offset firm launches with backing of AXA IM

    17 February 2022

    A carbon offset company, with a name inspired by legendary outlaw Robin Hood and supported by AXA Investment Managers (IM), has been launched.

  • WEF: Private sector must push nature investment policy

    15 February 2022

    Private financial actors must pressure governments to implement strategies to encourage more investment in nature, the World Economic Forum (WEF) has said.

  • Aviva lends backing to sovereign climate reporting proposals

    14 February 2022

    Aviva Investors has expressed its support for a proposed standardised climate and nature disclosure framework for sovereign issuers, which the investor said would help its research and engagement.