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Investors must move beyond 'lip service' on biodiversity, says Nuveen

Investors must move beyond "lip service" and actually be willing to look at nature and biodiversity investment opportunities, Nuveen has told an Environmental Finance conference.

Sustainable Debt Americas 2024: early bird ends on Friday

The early bird rate for Environmental Finance's annual Sustainable Debt Americas conference will end this Friday, so register now to save 20%. Environmental Finance subscribers receive a further 30% discount.

World Bank issues landmark Amazon reforestation-linked bond

The World Bank has raised $225 million from its biggest ever outcomes-based bond that links its coupon payments to verified carbon removal credits generated by reforestation projects in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil.

Nuveen holds $200m first close for second climate inclusion strategy

Market not recognising timberland's full sustainability benefits

Current investment approaches to timberland fail to adequately recognise the main sustainability benefits of the asset class and are hindering scalability, investors warned.

Market still seeking the language of nature investments, say Nuveen

Further work needs to be done to better articulate why investors should invest in nature, an Environmental Finance conference has heard, with financial institutions calling for more consistent language and data.

Will the SEC's climate rule be a game changer?

Listed companies in the world's largest economy will be subject to climate reporting rules the first time. Michael Hurley explores the ramifications

Natural Capital Investment EMEA conference round-up

The strong turnout at the conference demonstrated intense interest in the topic, and discussions focused on how to encourage capital to flow, says Genevieve Redgrave

Nuveen creates Scope 1 and 2 emissions database, as data providers lack 'high quality'

Scope 1 and 2 emissions data from data providers is "not of high quality", Nuveen has claimed, as the investment manager said it created a proprietary database to manually record this data for its Global Real Estate Carbon Reduction Fund.

IIX raises $100m from 'largest' gender bond

Sustainable investment firm Impact Investment Exchange (IIX) has raised $100 million from its largest gender-focused sustainability bond, which is also believed to be one of the largest 'orange' bonds to date.