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'First ever' biodiversity credit loan secured

Mexican impact investor Fondo Nimbus has provided reforestation company Ponterra with the 'first ever' biodiversity credit-backed loan.

Japan's SSBJ updates draft sustainability disclosure standards

Investors 'deeply alarmed' by potential threat to BNG

Reports that the UK's Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) scheme could be rolled back by the government has prompted warnings from developers and investors over the risks of jeopardising confidence in the UK's nature market.

'Legal grey area' limits pensions on impact investing, says UK impact network

Pension funds will require the legal ambiguity surrounding the definition of fiduciary duty to be resolved before mobilising more capital for impact investing, the Impact Investing Institute has argued.

LifeSight seeds AXA IM global credit transition strategy with £400m

Ditch 1.5°C focus given likely overshoot, NBIM tells SBTi

Likely "overshoot" of an aim to keep warming within 1.5°C should mean the widely used Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) abandons its focus on the alignment target in favour of a less ambitious one, according to Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM).

Italy increases focus on adaptation in updated green bond framework

SLBs face make-or-break 2026, says UniCredit

Sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) face a critical year in 2026, warned UniCredit, and "one leg of transition finance" could collapse if their reputation does not recover.

M&G impact manager invests in Indian nutrition firm

M&G's impact asset manager, ResponsAbility, has invested in Indian nutrition and dairy ingredients producer Ace International.

Canada and Japan investors likely to increase impact allocations, says M&G

Impact investing is "really rising up the ranks of importance" for asset owners based in Canada and Japan, according to UK-based investor M&G, as capital commitments could come from these investors in the New Year.