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SMBC raises $500m from pioneering 'digital inclusion' social bond

Japanese lender SMBC Group has raised $500 million from the first 'digital inclusion bond,' more than four years after the World Economic Forum (WEF) published guidelines for the social bond sub-label.

Environmental risks drop from near-term worries in WEF ranking

Industry must tackle structural barriers facing nature-based solutions, report finds

The narrow range of nature-based solutions able to deliver scalable nature outcomes face "persistent structural barriers", a new report has found, as investors are often constrained by "fiduciary interpretations, data gaps and mandates".

US and BTG Pactual launch $10bn Brazilian restoration coalition

The US government has launched a Brazilian land restoration coalition, with aims to mobilise around $10 billion from the public and private sector.

HSBC: Time to supercharge climate tech and address funding gap

HSBC has issued a call for collaboration to address the $2 trillion funding gap for climate technology that has not yet been commercialised.

World Economic Forum launches biodiversity credit platform amid predictions of $2bn market

Investors should demand an end to corporate 'biocrastination'

Climate change tops WEF's long-term global risks

The World Economic Forum (WEF) has identified four environmental challenges among its ranking of the "most severe" risks over the next decade, with climate change again topping its list.

Standard Chartered CEO: 'VCMs exist because governments have failed'

Standard Chartered has hailed the voluntary carbon market (VCM) as the best route for wealth to flow from developed nations to emerging markets.

WEF: Private sector must push nature investment policy

Private financial actors must pressure governments to implement strategies to encourage more investment in nature, the World Economic Forum (WEF) has said.