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Biodiversity credit market slammed as 'illusionary capital'
09 January 2024The biodiversity credit market has been slammed as "illusionary capital" and a distraction from legitimate work to scale up public and private finance towards nature protection.
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UK government urged to strengthen biodiversity credit legislation
08 January 2024The UK government has been urged by WWF to strengthen its mandatory biodiversity credit legislation, amid warnings that a lack of regulation creates is "fertile ground" for poor quality credits.
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M&G Investments backs bio-pesticide business to tune of €75m
05 January 2024M&G Investments has put €75m into biological pest and disease control business Biobest via its Catalyst strategy.
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Nature poses credit risk to Asian sovereigns
05 January 2024Nature-related risks such as flooding or cyclones pose a major credit risk to south and southeast Asian sovereigns, Fitch Ratings has warned.
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UK lawmakers push for tougher financial institutions deforestation requirements
04 January 2024The UK government has been urged by a cross-party political committee to introduce mandatory reporting on deforestation and require financial institutions to carry out due diligence on their contribution to deforestation.
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The top 10 most-read articles of the year and the themes they reveal
03 January 2024The rapidly evolving policy landscape continued to dominate the news in 2023, with EU announcements creating several of the most-read articles on Environmental Finance.
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European FIs 'heavily exposed' to nature risks, warns Commission
20 December 2023European financial institutions are "heavily exposed" to nature-related risks, the European Commission's Joint Research Centre has found, warning this could have "dire consequences" for the financial system.
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Innovative nature-based solutions starved of capital, says Oxford University
20 December 2023Investors are currently only investing in established nature-based solutions (NBS) with traditional returns and safer risk-return profiles, Oxford University has said, warning this leaves more innovative investments, with wider benefits, lacking capital.
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Banks' disproportionate lending to high-emitting sectors poses stability risks, ECB warns
19 December 2023Eurozone banks lend "disproportionately" to high-emitting sectors and thereby risk financial instability, the European Central Bank (ECB) has warned, as it called for a tougher strategy to tackle such risks that could include increased capital requirements.
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Integrating nature a way to manage risk in renewable energy, says Octopus
19 December 2023Delivering a positive impact on nature is a key aspect of managing risk as a renewable energy investor, Octopus Energy Generation Fund Management has said, as it mulls investing in nature-based solutions carbon credits.