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Vague COP15 agreement is 'not a Paris moment', warns HSBC

The global biodiversity framework agreed at the COP15 conference this week failed to meet expectations among some observers that it could provide an equivalent target to 'net zero' for nature, according to a research note by HSBC.

Climate Asset Management raises $650m for natural capital funds

Climate Asset Management (CAM), the joint venture between HSBC and Pollination, has raised $650 million for its two natural capital funds.

Biodiversity credits could be 'huge for finance'

If biodiversity credits can capture the nature-related value of an area, they could become a "huge thing for finance", an investor has claimed.

Nature is the new climate

We are seeing the beginning of a shift in policy to provide explicit financial incentives for nature inclusion and restoration, argues Megan Reilly Cayten

Climate AM begins $150m African farmland investment

People Moves 7 January 2022: BMO, JPMorgan, Schroders, BoA and more...

Former 'Article 6' negotiator joins Climate Asset Management

Exclusive investor reaction to IPCC report: No part of portfolio immune

A landmark report published today by leading climate scientists has been greeted by investors as a chastening warning of the potentially catastrophic impacts of current global emissions, but also an important signifier of the transition required.

Natural Capital Investment 2021 conference roundup

Environmental Finance's Natural Capital Investment 2021 virtual conference has ended after a full day of panels, speed networking sessions, and a live discussion group

BSI readies natural capital accounting standard as investors seek impact 'baseline'

A forthcoming accounting standard for natural capital could help investors grappling with the problem of assigning a financial value to preservation and improvement of nature.