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World Bank issues 'unique' carbon credit-linked bond
15 February 2023The World Bank has raised $50 million from an outcomes-based bond which links its coupon payments to verified carbon credits generated by a water purification project, described as a "unique" and "important" deal by investors backing the transaction.
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Banks invest $45m in carbon offset trading platform
08 February 2023BNP Paribas is among nine banks who have invested $45 million together in voluntary carbon credit trading platform Carbonplace.
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Voluntary carbon market has 'notable concern in quality', finds WWF tool
06 February 2023The Carbon Credit Quality Initiative (CCQI) has scored the quality of over a quarter of the carbon credits in the voluntary carbon market (VCM).
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Carbon credit labelling can tackle integrity concerns, says standards body
19 January 2023A labelling scheme to help investors identify 'high quality' carbon credits in the voluntary markets will propel the growth of credit sales in tandem with ensuring the integrity of the market, a senior figure at the body developing the label has said.
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'Integrity council' readies first approvals of carbon credits programmes
19 January 2023A body aiming to bring 'integrity' to the voluntary carbon markets is preparing to approve its first carbon credits programmes, with a label to denote carbon credit quality set to be ready by September, it has said.
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Anew: 2025 targets drive boost in demand for voluntary carbon credits
18 January 2023Companies are snapping up voluntary carbon credits as they seek to fulfil their looming interim decarbonisation targets, an executive at Anew Climate has said.
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Biodiversity Insight 2023 published
18 January 2023Environmental Finance has published Biodiversity Insight 2023, featuring articles about how investors are incorporating biodiversity concerns into their decisions in light of the Global Biodiversity Framework agreed at COP15.
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Global market for biodiversity 'unlikely', investor says
13 January 2023Biodiversity will remain a niche area of investment, as developing a global market for it is "unlikely" to happen, an executive at Nordis Capital has said.
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RBC: Carbon markets can drive nature investment
11 January 2023Carbon markets can play a "big role" in driving capital towards nature-positive projects, an executive at Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) has said.
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CBAM must include manufactured products to avoid 'carbon leakage'
22 December 2022The ground-breaking carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) proposed by the EU could have the unintended consequence of creating more 'carbon leakage' due to its emphasis on basic materials rather than manufactured products, according to Scope.