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Australia needs policy change to tackle 'critical risks to natural capital', says Pollination

Significant changes in government policy and business practice are required to address Australia's "critical" natural capital risks, Pollination has said.

Nature risks 'neglected' in insurer underwriting

Nature-related risks are being neglected in the insurance sector's underwriting activities due to a lack of awareness and understanding, a report has said.

US natural capital strategy will 'ease' corporate de-risking, reporting

Investors have been urged by Jefferies to watch US national natural capital accounting developments closely, with the recently published US government strategy set to 'ease' ...

Biodiversity credits 'could be bigger than voluntary carbon'

Biodiversity credits have the potential to follow the growth of the voluntary carbon markets, and could become a mass market in two or three years, a fund manager has claimed.

HSBC: COP15 will see more green bonds focus on biodiversity

Green bonds will increasingly focus on biodiversity as a result of the forthcoming biodiversity COP, HSBC Global Research has predicted.

Investors encouraged to set nature-inclusive 'just transition' expectations

Investors have been urged to set 'just transition' expectations that also factor in aspects relating to nature, in a report by the Grantham Research Institute.

Asian banks encouraged to include nature-related risks

Banks in Asia have been encouraged to include nature-related risks in sustainability strategies, by WWF Singapore.

US government publishes 'natural capital accounting' plan

The US government has published its draft plan to integrate natural capital accounting into the broader national economic statistical system, in response rising pressure from the private sector to develop such data.

Fashion & food loss-makers hold sustainability promise, says fund manager

DB: Combat nature-related market failure risk with SMEs

Finance needs to overhaul its approach to nature-related risks to tackle the increasing risk of market failure, an executive at Deutsche Bank has said.