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"Concerted effort" needed to move away from plastic, says Iceberg Data Lab

A "concerted effort" by the financial sector is needed to halt the impact of plastic on the environment and its role as a driver of deforestation, Iceberg Data Lab has said.

Iceberg Data calls for standards for deforestation commodities

Natural Capital Investment Americas - next week in New York City

Environmental Finance's inaugural Natural Capital Americas conference arrives in New York City next week.

'Food waste transition' key to reversing biodiversity loss, says Iceberg Data Lab

The 'food waste transition' is to biodiversity what the energy transition is to climate, according to Iceberg Data Lab, which called for the topic to be integrated into decision making by financial institutions

Exclusive: ERAFP, Generali & Banque de France Gestion to use Iceberg biodiversity data

Asset owners ERAFP, Generali and Banque de France Gestion have selected Iceberg Data Lab to provide information on climate and biodiversity-related impacts and dependencies, Environmental Finance has learned.

A first stab: French institutions try to calculate their biodiversity footprints

As French financial institutions for the first time estimate the scale of their impacts on nature, the numbers look bleak - but not comparable. Thomas Cox writes

SocGen biodiversity-screened indexes expand with Japanese focus

Solactive has focused on Japan in an expansion of its Société Générale-licensed biodiversity-screened index series with three new indexes, informed by Iceberg Data Lab.

NBIM: Location-specific data is a big challenge to biodiversity risks

The "lack" of location-specific data on companies' operations and supply chains poses a "big challenge" to assessing biodiversity risks, Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) has said.

TNFD should place more emphasis on supply chains for agrifood, pilot finds

The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) framework should place more emphasis on supply chains over the locations of operations for the agrifood sector, a pilot has suggested.

Avant garde: biodiversity reporting in France

As French financial institutions report biodiversity-related information under the pioneering Article 29, Thomas Cox assesses the lessons learned