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  • Biodiversity fund assets triple in 2022 to nearly $1bn

    27 February 2023

    Assets in biodiversity funds passed $984 million at the end of 2022, with a flurry of strategy launches despite macroeconomic woes, Thomas Cox reports

  • BNP Paribas sued over fossil fuel funding, in 'first of many' banking lawsuits

    23 February 2023

    Three French NGOs are taking BNP Paribas to court, in a "historic" lawsuit alleging that it has avoided legal obligations to stop financing the expansion of fossil fuels.

  • Demand for circular & blue economy ETFs slows finds BNP Paribas

    13 February 2023
  • EIB raises $5bn from record-breaking green bond

    08 February 2023

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) has raised $5 billion from the largest ever US dollar-denominated green bond from a supranational, with the size of the orderbook also setting a record.

  • Banks invest $45m in carbon offset trading platform

    08 February 2023

    BNP Paribas is among nine banks who have invested $45 million together in voluntary carbon credit trading platform Carbonplace.

  • BNP Paribas promises 'less talk, more action' on biodiversity in 2023

    03 February 2023

    Investors are likely to ramp up engagements on biodiversity in 2023, and this could lead to more shareholder resolutions, BNP Paribas Asset Management has said.

  • BNP Paribas: 'Unique' index-linked social bond is scalable

    04 January 2023

    BNP Paribas said its "unique" €50 million ($53 million) social bond with three social-focused structuring elements is scalable,...

  • BNP Paribas issues first social impact bond

    12 December 2022
  • COP15: Nature Action 100 engagement initiative launched

    12 December 2022

    The Nature Action 100 (NA100) engagement initiative has been 'soft launched' at biodiversity COP15 in Montreal, where it was revealed that the initiative is gathering momentum, with more than 120 investors considering participating.

  • Investors calling on TNFD to address nature restoration

    18 October 2022

    The TNFD has said that investors have asked the group to showcase more opportunities to finance restoration of nature.