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'Nature-positive' a challenge for financial institutions (ESG Data conference)

Despite progress on clarifying what constitutes 'nature positive', delegates at an Environmental Finance conference heard that divisions remain on who should be able to use the term.

Data gaps holding us back from investing in climate resilience, says Phoenix (ESG Data conference)

Gaps in availability of climate resilience data are constraining investment in the theme, according to insurer Phoenix Group.

Insurers challenged to put a dollar value on climate risk (ESG Data conference)

Putting a dollar value on a climate risk could help investors and policyholders make more informed decisions, attendees at an Environmental Finance conference heard.

ISSB nature update expected next month (ESG Data conference)

The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) is expected to provide an update on its nature work in the next month, Environmental Finance has learned.

Investors call for ESRS alignment with SFDR, initial EFRAG analysis shows

Nest pushing asset managers on data quality (ESG Data conference)

UK pension scheme Nest is pushing its fund managers including BlackRock and UBS to improve their use of ESG data, including to better integrate sustainability aspects in financial performance information, a senior executive told an Environmental Finance conference.

Private markets need integrated reported (ESG Data conference)

ESG data within private capital markets investing must be integrated with financial datasets, rather than as a side-product as it is today, a private equity investor has said.

Investor ESG data requests difficult to cope with, says Bayer (ESG Data conference)

Investors have been urged to make sure they really understand why they need the sustainability data they are asking companies for during engagements, German pharmaceutical giant Bayer told an Environmental Finance event.

'Manufacturers are main drivers biodiversity loss in Nordics' (ESG Data conference)

The manufacturing sector, rather than land-intensive sectors, is the most significant contributor to biodiversity loss in the Nordics, Storebrand Asset Management told an Environmental Finance event.

Reliance on single nature KPIs rings alarm bells, says Franklin Templeton (ESG Data conference)

Investors should not rely on just one key performance indicator (KPI) when it comes to measuring biodiversity in portfolios, says Franklin Templeton, and instead try to collate the data relevant to their outcomes.