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  • Opimas: Biodiversity to echo climate data boom

    29 July 2022

    Financial biodiversity data provision will surge in the next few years, echoing the rise of climate data, an analyst at US management consultancy Opimas has said.

  • Biodiversity data guide aims to address investor 'challenges'

    28 July 2022

    A guide on biodiversity integration by financial institutions that looks to navigate difficulties including on data availability and consistency is set to be published in September by the Finance for Biodiversity Foundation (FfB).

  • Mrema: TNFD reporting could become mandatory at COP15

    28 July 2022

    The reporting of biodiversity risks as defined by the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) could become mandatory for financial institutions under the COP15 agreement...

  • Circulate's ocean fund swells to $50m

    28 July 2022

    Investment from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and France's development finance institution Proparco has grown Circulate Capital's second Ocean Fund to $53 million.

  • Opimas: Biodiversity a 'major' ESG priority

    27 July 2022

    Biodiversity loss has become a "major" priority within the pillars of environmental, social and governance (ESG), US management consultancy Opimas has said.

  • Schroders launches Singapore natural capital investors

    26 July 2022

    Schroders, in collaboration with Conservation International, has launched a natural capital-focused investment management company.

  • MSCI: 39% of ACWI exposed to biodiversity risk

    25 July 2022

    Almost two in five (39%) constituents of MSCI's flagship global equity index have at least one asset located in an area sensitive to biodiversity loss, the firm said.

  • Citi: Food system 'not fit for purpose'

    21 July 2022

    The global food system is "not fit for purpose" due to its impact on the health of planet and people, analysts at US investment bank Citi have said.

  • UBS: We need biodiversity stress tests

    21 July 2022

    Finance needs to adopt a stress-testing approach for biodiversity loss, and should "expect" to see them introduced following climate stress tests, Swiss investment bank UBS said.

  • Lack of agriculture in EU climate taxonomy 'concerning'

    20 July 2022

    The absence of agriculture from the EU's climate taxonomy for sustainable activities is "concerning", according to a representative of a sustainable food fund.