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  • UBS looking to mitigate renewables' harmful impact on nature

    14 June 2024

    UBS said it will look to mitigate renewable energy's harmful impacts on nature, by improving land management and carrying out more long-term analysis.

  • Nature Restoration Law 'at risk' after EU elections, UBS predicts

    13 June 2024

    UBS has identified the proposed EU Nature Restoration Law as being "at risk" following the outcome of European Parliamentary elections, and a rule to phase out all new internal combustion engine car sales by 2035 could also be a casualty.

  • UBS: We need NDCs for nature

    11 June 2024

    The next biodiversity COP needs to deliver progress on how countries plan to achieve the landmark '30-by-30' targets agreed at the previous meeting in Montreal, to incentive investment, UBS has said.

  • Agri-food sector 'structurally unprepared' to transition smoothly, warns UBS

    18 April 2024

    The agri-food industry is "structurally unprepared" to meet sustainability goals smoothly, UBS has warned, as it calls on governments to support the market on the issue.

  • Building a green premium in real estate

    04 April 2024

    An updated EU regulation is set to raise the game for energy-efficient buildings, which could have big implications for real estate investors. Michael Hurley reports

  • Australia debut green bond expected from mid-May

    22 March 2024

    Australia will issue its debut 10-year sovereign green bond between mid-May and the end of June, it emerged, as the sovereign announced it will launch investor roadshows from April.

  • UBS: Nature-based solutions suffer a lack of confidence

    26 January 2024

    Nature-based solutions suffer a lack of confidence that they can deliver "real climate mitigation", warned UBS, which called for a "critical reassessment" of the science, rules and norms that govern them.

  • 2024 will be key to defining quality shareholder engagement, says UBS

    18 January 2024

    The coming year will see greater emphasis on outcomes of shareholder engagement on ESG issues, according to UBS Asset Management.

  • Nature investments 'sit uncomfortably' with investor needs, says UBS

    15 January 2024

    Nature investments currently struggle to offer investors the stable returns they need to invest, UBS has warned, calling for more transition finance opportunities and better data to help scale up capital flows.

  • ESG 'outperformed' traditional portfolios over last decade, says UBS

    21 December 2023

    Integrating ESG considerations into investment portfolios would have led to higher financial returns and "enhanced" stock selection, UBS has said, in analysis of financial performance in the last decade.