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  • Cambridge Associates 'wouldn't recommend' biodiversity credits

    21 May 2025

    Cambridge Associates would not recommend biodiversity credit-based strategies to investors, telling an Environmental Finance conference that biodiversity co-benefits in the carbon market are likely to be prioritised instead.

  • Business case for sustainable agriculture is currently 'challenging'

    20 May 2025

    Lack of performance data and unclear definitions means sustainable agriculture remains a "challenging" business case for investors, according to Agriculture Capital.

  • Could a company issue a debt-for-nature swap?

    20 May 2025

    A corporate debt-for-nature swap is 'possible' but would face challenges, an Environmental Finance conference heard, alongside warnings that sovereigns are facing 'pitching fatigue'.

  • Don't ascribe 'undue precision' to 'nature positive', conference hears

    16 May 2025

    The market should not focus too heavily on claims of 'nature positive', because it is is "very difficult to quantify exactly what [it] means", a large asset manager told Environmental Finance.

  • SocGen: Blue bonds push is a 'positive move'

    14 May 2025

    Although cautious about the need for additional sustainable bond labels, Société Générale argues that 'blue bonds' are a "positive"...

  • Natural Capital Investment Americas 2025 conference round-up

    14 May 2025

    The event in New York highlighted that, despite challenging market conditions, enthusiasm and commitment to the theme remains. Genevieve Redgrave reports

  • Invesco: MDBs proved the big challenge for our blended finance fund

    13 May 2025

    Invesco said multilateral development banks (MDBs) have proved the major "challenge" when it comes to raising its emerging market blended finance fund for climate adaptation.

  • 'Extremely challenging' for US farmers to integrate carbon credits, says Agriculture Capital

    13 May 2025

    Difficult market conditions deter US farmers from looking at carbon projects, despite positive opportunities for farmers elsewhere, Agriculture Capital has told Environmental Finance.

  • Bezos Earth Fund: We need 'an operating system for valuing nature'

    13 May 2025

    Peter Cripps live from New York

  • Weyerhaeuser to expand carbon credit projects

    13 May 2025

    Timberland giant Weyerhaeuser is to continue expanding its carbon credit business but urged to Environmental Finance that more simplification and automation is needed in the carbon markets.