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Forestry companies to standardise natural capital valuation

Some of the world's largest forestry companies are joining forces to standardise the way natural capital is valued, in a bid to develop a more investable market.

Ravi Menon: MDBs are 'crowding out' private sector for blended finance

Private sector investors are being 'crowded out' from blended finance investment opportunities, the former managing director of Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has claimed.

'Pool together small and fragmented deal opportunities in EM to mitigate risk', says HSBC

Investors need to find ways to 'pool together' smaller investment opportunities in the emerging markets to improve risk profiles and make them more attractive, according to HSBC.

Eurazeo Planetary Boundaries fund signs second acquisition

Eurazeo has acquired a majority stake in SMP Energies for an undisclosed sum.

ISSB has 'fixed' sustainability fragmentation, Faber says on release of transition plan guide

Countries that have adopted the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) standards have "fixed" the risk of fragmentation of sustainability reporting for investors, the chair of the ISSB claimed.

EU should 'reset' reporting rules to align with ISSB, says investor group

The EU should use its Omnibus 'simplification' drive to perform a broad "reset" of its European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) to align more closely with the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) standards, according to Dutch investor group Eumedion.

Climate adaptation: The storm is upon us

Collaboration on climate resilience is now as important as mitigation, write Leslie Maasdorp and Stephanie Pfeifer

Aviva, Fidelity, Federated Hermes back nature transition pathways

An open letter signed by 28 organisations, including major institutional investors, has backed the development of nature-positive transition pathways.

Foresight Natural Capital could delay BNG investment over policy uncertainty

Foresight Natural Capital has told Environmental Finance it could delay investment in Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG)-related opportunities amid uncertainty over the UK government's direction on the policy.

SBTi calls for corporates to test its overhauled standards