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Allianz & Zurich launch blended finance investment company

Allianz and Zurich have partnered with Germany's KfW and FinDev Canada to jointly launch an investment vehicle to grow private finance for sustainable development in emerging markets.

'BoE climate bond buying shows promise for bigger programme'

A minor reduction in the cost of borrowing shows that the Bank of England (BoE)'s climate-themed bond purchases could be more effective if the central bank repeated it with bigger investments, according to CDP and the London School of Economics.

Permira makes 'transformative investment' in CDP, as it becomes 'commercial entity'

Private equity giant Permira has invested an undisclosed sum in CDP, as the disclosure platform transforms from non-profit to a for-profit organisation.

Preparations begin for nature transition planning network

A working group, led by the WWF and CDP has launched to explore how a nature transition planning network could be developed to help companies integrate nature in a "coherent, actionable way".

'I've never seen such a nature-integrated COP,' says CDP

COP30 has been one of the most nature-integrated COPs in recent history, highlighting the cross-over between the two issues, according to disclosure platform CDP.

Financial institutions have 'deforestation blind spot'

Investors and the companies in which they invest are unaware of their true exposure to deforestation risks, according to new research by the CDP.

CDP data exposes 'implementation gap' of capex in transition planning

AI highlighted as key tool for TNFD reporting

The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) is exploring how artificial intelligence (AI) could be used to support nature reporting.

CEFC and La Caisse launch AUD250m agriculture carbon platform

Lack of investable projects tops CDPQ's list of obstacles to investing in SDGs

From Peter Cripps in Hamburg