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Better capex data is not a 'nice to have' for investors, webinar hears

While corporate capital expenditure (capex) data offers investors "a clear signal of low-carbon transition credibility", investors are increasingly demanding better data, an Environmental Finance webinar heard.

Japanese reforms threaten to limit shareholder proposals, ClientEarth warns

Plans to reform Japan's Companies Act threaten to limit the ability of smaller shareholders to file shareholder proposals and harm sustainability-related stewardship, ClientEarth has warned.

Investors set to demand change on BP climate stance at AGM

LGIM and NTR closes clean power fund at €607m

The 10 themes that will drive natural capital investing in 2025

Biodiversity and nature will remain top of investors' agendas in the year to come, writes Genevieve Redgrave

Ecuador secures 'incredible' $1bn debt-for-nature swap deal

Ecuador has signed a $1 billion debt-for-nature swap transaction which will secure more than $400 million in conservation funding for the Amazon, in a deal which The Nature Conservancy (TNC) said was full of "incredible firsts"...

Transition commodities a growing 'sweet spot' for LGIM

A webinar heard that investing in the green economy has become a popular theme for investors in recent years, and there are further opportunities to invest in transition. Jennifer Forrest reports

COP29: MUFG backs Canada-led blended finance initiative

Canada has launched a $1.5 billion blended finance 'platform' that aims to provide climate finance to climate projects in "up to" 25 emerging markets and developing economies, with backing from MUFG.

Investors tell Japan to remedy inconsistencies with ISSB standards

Some of the world's largest investors have advised Japan to address inconsistencies between its draft disclosure standards and those of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB).

L&G NTR Clean Energy Fund signs first battery storage deal