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  • COP16: EU 'stepping up' on attracting nature finance

    01 November 2024

    The EU has committed around €160 million ($173.9 million) across various nature initiatives at COP16, with aims to attract private capital and scale up nature credit markets.

  • Comment: Financial grievances weigh on COP16

    01 November 2024

    The rift between the Global South and the Global North was inescapable at the biodiversity summit and is hindering progress, writes Peter Cripps.

  • Verra launches nature framework

    31 October 2024

    Standard setter Verra has launched the first version of its Nature Framework, an asset methodology that will enable projects to quantify biodiversity outcomes and generate nature credits.

  • BNP Paribas: US utility green bond issuance 'may rise 50%' in 2025

    31 October 2024

    BNP Paribas argues that US green bond issuance should grow in 2025 "regardless" of the US presidential election result next week, with electricity demand growth and the cost-equivalence of utility-scale solar power...

  • Stewardship confusion creating 'engagement-washing', says WHEB

    31 October 2024

    Consensus is 'critical' for designing engagement definitions and practices, amid industry confusion on stewardship in ESG funds, UK investor WHEB Asset Management has claimed.

  • Bain Capital acquires 80% of sustainable data centre business

    31 October 2024
  • EQT leads €28m into AI stress-test infra business

    31 October 2024
  • Barclays: Focused supply chain initiatives could become 'more common' in sustainable bonds

    31 October 2024

    Barclays said targeted Scope 3 supply chain emissions initiatives are becoming a key focus for large corporates, and could become "more frequent" in sustainable bond use-of-proceeds as they become more common and mature.

  • Investors told to help countries build next round of national climate targets

    31 October 2024

    Institutional investors have been urged to actively help countries draw up the next round of their national climate plans, to ensure these plans direct investment where it is most needed and ensure more effective use of blended finance.

  • Co-benefits focus 'a problem' in VCM, says Integrity Council

    31 October 2024

    Focusing on co-benefits has become "a problem" for the voluntary carbon market, the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market has said.