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ESG in Fixed Income Americas 2023: BlackRock: 'transition investments are green'

BlackRock considers credible transition projects to be 'green', rather than putting them into a transition category, an Environmental Finance conference heard.

Natural Capital Investment Americas - next week in New York City

Environmental Finance's inaugural Natural Capital Americas conference arrives in New York City next week.

'Food waste transition' key to reversing biodiversity loss, says Iceberg Data Lab

The 'food waste transition' is to biodiversity what the energy transition is to climate, according to Iceberg Data Lab, which called for the topic to be integrated into decision making by financial institutions

Euronext launches data tool and biodiversity index

Natural Capital Investment Americas: early bird ends today!

The early bird rate for the Natural Capital Investment Americas conference ends today, so register now to save 20%. Environmental Finance subscribers receive a further 30% discount.

Exclusive: ERAFP, Generali & Banque de France Gestion to use Iceberg biodiversity data

Asset owners ERAFP, Generali and Banque de France Gestion have selected Iceberg Data Lab to provide information on climate and biodiversity-related impacts and dependencies, Environmental Finance has learned.

A first stab: French institutions try to calculate their biodiversity footprints

As French financial institutions for the first time estimate the scale of their impacts on nature, the numbers look bleak - but not comparable. Thomas Cox writes

Danone's biodiversity footprint shows it degrades an area 'greater than Lebanon'

Food firm Danone's biodiversity footprint for 2021 was equivalent to degrading a pristine area of 10,486.60km², according to Iceberg Data Lab.

TNFD metrics 'don't allow direct assessment of COP15 contribution'

The draft core disclosure metrics of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) do not show whether businesses are fulfilling a key goal of the final agreement from COP15, data providers and consultants have claimed.

SocGen biodiversity-screened indexes expand with Japanese focus

Solactive has focused on Japan in an expansion of its Société Générale-licensed biodiversity-screened index series with three new indexes, informed by Iceberg Data Lab.