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Microsoft among buyers of blue carbon credits from giant mangrove project
15 March 2022Microsoft and Trafigura are among the buyers of the first three million carbon credits to be generated by the world's largest mangrove restoration project.
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Impact investing - what's the trade-off?
15 March 2022Investing to advance the UN SDGs involves trade-offs - but tools to minimise these are in development, writes Sebnem Sener
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Sovereign involvement 'critical' for scaling natural capital
11 March 2022Government involvement in natural capital investment is crucial for scaling finance in the area, an executive at the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD) has said.
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$120m fund for Southeast Asian forests closes
03 March 2022New Forests' latest fund for sustainable forestry in Southeast Asia has closed with $120 million of commitments.
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BIS launches Asian green bond fund
25 February 2022The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has launched an Asian green bond fund for central banks, taking its total green bond fund assets under management to $3.5 billion.
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Five-year, €500m blended finance goal launched with APG backing
01 February 2022An initiative to 'mobilise' €500 million ($563 million) to decarbonise economies in eastern Europe and central Asia has been launched by The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and ILX Management (ILX).
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$459bn annual funding gap for ocean protection
27 January 2022An extra $459 billion is needed each year to combat the growing threat to the ocean, says the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in a new report launched today.
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LGIM, VBDO: Dutch insurer climate action lags behind pensions
24 January 2022Insurance companies are lagging behind pension funds in terms of climate action, a report by Dutch investor association VBDO supported by UK-based asset manager Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has said.
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UN impact standards gather momentum
21 January 2022Standards and an external assurance framework for identifying contributions to the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are set to take a leap forward this year, with the roll out of investor pilots of the framework, Environmental Finance has been told.
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Impact: areas to watch in 2022
24 December 2021Big-name players demonstrate the growing appeal of impact strategies - but calls for more credible evidence of impact continue to grow, Michael Hurley writes