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Debt-for-nature swaps not improving issuers' credit ratings
11 March 2024Debt-for-nature swaps have not made any improvement to sovereign credit ratings, according to S&P Global, although it predicted the instrument will continue to gain traction.
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'Improvements needed across the board' on nature targets, says Phoenix
08 March 2024Improvements are needed "across the board" to help scale up nature target setting - but particularly on data and investor methodologies, Phoenix Group has said.
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'Don't assume emerging markets are behind' on biodiversity, says Redwheel
07 March 2024Investors shouldn't presume emerging markets are behind on protecting biodiversity, Redwheel has said, arguing that these markets also offer investors an opportunity for bigger positive impact.
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Biodiversity and climate targeted in ABP's €30bn impact investment pledge
06 March 2024Dutch pension fund ABP has identified climate and biodiversity solutions as key themes of a €30 billion impact investment drive.
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Netherlands central bank first to carry out LEAP assessment
05 March 2024De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB), the Netherlands central bank, has become the first central bank to carry out a LEAP (Locate, Evaluate, Assess and Prepare) assessment.
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2024 seeing a 'wave of optimism' for nature investments, says New Forests
04 March 2024Following difficulties fundraising last year, 2024 has started with a "wave of optimism", New Forests said, as it continues to expand its client base and move into new regions.
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NBIM excludes three portfolio companies for 'unacceptable' environmental risk
01 March 2024Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) has removed three companies from its Government Pension Fund Global amid "unacceptable" environmental risk.
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'Appalling inaction' on deforestation by BlackRock, Vanguard, Wells Fargo
28 February 2024BlackRock, Vanguard and Wells Fargo have been accused of "appalling inaction" on deforestation by NGO Global Canopy, which criticised the lack of policies and continued financing of deforestation over the past decade.
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European Parliament passes 'world first' nature restoration law
28 February 2024Investors have welcomed the European Parliament passing the "world first" Nature Restoration Law, calling it a "watershed" moment for a nature-positive economy.
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Nature-based solutions boosted in offsetting principles update
27 February 2024A set of principles designed to bring credibility to the "failing" voluntary carbon markets have been updated to place greater importance on the role of nature-based solutions.