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UNEP FI and FfB co-creating biodiversity investment framework

The UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) and the Finance for Biodiversity Foundation (FfB) are developing a framework which will look to "operationalise" nature positive concept and standardise definitions and investment approaches.

Voluntary Carbon Market Rankings 2024 announced

Environmental Finance received more than 7,000 votes across 23 separate categories for this year's Voluntary Carbon Market Rankings rankings, as readers nominated leading companies and initiatives in the sector that exhibit best practice or innovation.

L'Oréal backs French sustainable ingredients startup

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

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.

UN and GFI nature finance programme to launch at COP16

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.

ECBF backs a circular upcycled food ingredients business

Eight new BNG sites approved

Eight more Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) sites have been approved and added to the national registry, taking the total number of sites to 18.

Manulife meets three nature targets early

Manulife Investment Management, which claims to be the world's largest natural asset investor, has released its first annual nature report, revealing that it has met three of the five targets it had set for 2025.

Nature target guidance launched for asset managers

Data quality is the main challenge for investors looking to set targets on nature, but it is good enough to make a start, according to new guidance launched by the Finance for Biodiversity Foundation (FfB).

Proxy voting season a key opportunity to "accelerate impact", say investors

The proxy voting season is a "key opportunity" for investors to take action on biodiversity, members of the Finance for Biodiversity initiative have said, as it announces it will develop guidance for voting on biodiversity.