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  • Foresight looking to 'catch the wave' on US sustainability

    09 February 2023

    After making its first expansion into the US, Foresight Group has told Environmental Finance it is looking to "catch the wave" the market is experiencing on sustainable infrastructure.

  • WEF a "constructive step forward" on climate, say investors

    20 January 2023

    Despite no "big bang announcements" at the World Economic Forum's conference this week, investors have told Environmental Finance the conference represented a constructive step forward.

  • Foresight invests £19m in UK forests

    19 January 2023

    Foresight Sustainable Forestry (FSF) Company has invested £19.2 ($23.7) million on forestry projects in Scotland and Wales.

  • London Stock Exchange announces first VCM accreditation

    05 December 2022

    London Stock Exchange (LSE) has granted its first Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM) accreditation to Foresight Sustainable Forestry Company (FSF)

  • Deforestation pledges pose 'danger' of forgetting sustainable timber, says Foresight

    25 November 2022

    The UK is at risk of forgetting about the need for sustainable timber in its drive against deforestation, an executive at Foresight Group has said.

  • Bring climate and biodiversity COPs together, argues Edmond de Rothschild

    24 November 2022

    The biodiversity COP should happen in the same region at the same time as climate COPs, an investor at Edmond de Rothschild has suggested.

  • Taking the brakes off onshore wind

    07 October 2022

    Lifting the effective ban on onshore wind farms in the UK will "release the brakes" for investors, Foresight tells Environmental Finance.

  • Biodiversity credits 'could be bigger than voluntary carbon'

    02 September 2022

    Biodiversity credits have the potential to follow the growth of the voluntary carbon markets, and could become a mass market in two or three years, a fund manager has claimed.