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  • Oceans fund swells to €95m

    08 February 2022

    A €43 million ($49 million) fundraise has almost doubled the size of a 'Blue Oceans Fund' targeting investment to tackle ocean pollution, overfishing and climate change.

  • 29% of Robeco's assets in sectors with high impact on biodiversity

    31 January 2022

    Almost a third of Robeco's assets under management (29%) are in sectors that have a potentially high or very high impact on biodiversity loss, the firm said.

  • $459bn annual funding gap for ocean protection

    27 January 2022

    An extra $459 billion is needed each year to combat the growing threat to the ocean, says the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in a new report launched today.

  • UN: G20 private investment in nature is 'meagre'

    27 January 2022

    Private investment in nature-based solutions from firms based in G20 countries is a "meagre" $14 billion annually, a report led by UN EP has found.

  • Robeco, CISL: Soil degradation poses financial risk

    26 January 2022

    Investors in agriculture need to incorporate the material financial risk of soil degradation into their decisions,...

  • TNFD partners with leading science and industry bodies

    25 January 2022

    The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) has announced today that it has partnered with a group of leading science and industry bodies.

  • Aviva to target companies on biodiversity and human rights

    24 January 2022

    Aviva Investors will begin to judge companies on biodiversity and human rights as much as climate, its chief executive announced today,..

  • Investors significantly impact global environmental reporting

    20 January 2022

    Companies are more than twice as likely to disclose their environmental impact if investors directly call on them to do so, says new research from CDP.

  • Biomass data from satellites 'can benefit voluntary carbon market'

    20 January 2022

    Satellite imagery has been used to build a global map the amount of carbon sequestered by trees and plants, in a development that could help add transparency to forestry carbon...

  • $2.6trn of financing omits deforestation policies

    13 January 2022

    Companies with the greatest exposure to deforestation have been given $2.6 trillion of financing that is not covered by a deforestation policy,...