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Natural Capital Investment 2021 conference roundup

Environmental Finance's Natural Capital Investment 2021 virtual conference has ended after a full day of panels, speed networking sessions, and a live discussion group

Simon Zadek keynote: Build natural capital into Covid-19 relief packages

Pakistan explores issuing first sovereign 'nature performance bond'

Pakistan could become the first sovereign to issue a nature performance bond, it has been revealed.

Comment: Follow the Money in aligning finance with nature's needs

In the first of his monthly columns for Environmental Finance, Simon Zadek outlines his five-point proposal for aligning major financial flows with nature outcomes

F4B develops framework for combating biodiversity 'destruction'

Financial institutions should disclose their impacts on biodiversity and be made legally liable for them, according to a new blueprint for a financial system that doesn't harm nature.

Call for 'nature performance bonds'

A new type of labelled bond has been created to help tackle the growing sovereign debt crisis while protecting sensitive ecosystems and biodiversity.

TNFD to get its own technical expert group

A technical expert group (TEG) is being assembled to help the nascent Task Force on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) to deliver on its ambitious remit, Environmental Finance has learned.

ESG Data Files, part eight: Infrastructure, continued

As well as considering the ESG credentials of an infrastructure project, investors should also consider resilience. Christopher Marchant reports

ESG Data Files, part eight: Infrastructure

With its broad scope from airports to hospitals, wind farms to oil pipelines, assessing ESG data in the infrastructure sphere comes with a wide array of challenges. Christopher Marchant spoke to experts in the sector about the ongoing push for in standardisation and disclosure.

G20 keeps up the focus on green finance

The G20 made numerous references to green finance in its latest communique, reaffirming the message that the transition to a low-carbon economy is underway.