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EU Platform reveals remaining environmental taxonomy criteria
31 March 2022Criteria to extend the EU's taxonomy beyond climate have been published by an expert group - but the document also reveals delays to some aspects deemed too challenging to define.
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IBRD issues innovative 'pay-for-success' rhino bond
25 March 2022The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) has raised $150 million from a ground-breaking 'pay-for-success' sustainable development bond to support rhino conservation in South Africa.
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Future Planet Capital launches €20m oceans fund
24 March 2022UK impact-led venture capital firm Future Planet Capital has closed its ocean-focused "mandate" at €20 million ($22 million).
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NGFS: Central banks should respond to nature risks
24 March 2022Central banks and supervisors should consider nature-related financial risks to fulfil their mandates, as failure to account for these risks could threaten financial stability, NGFS has said.
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TNFD: Materiality distinctions 'aren't necessarily helpful'
23 March 2022The different sustainability materiality terms could converge as their separation may not be helpful, a top executive at the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) has said.
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Federated Hermes to launch biodiversity listed equities fund
18 March 2022Investment manager Federated Hermes will launch its Biodiversity Equity Fund next week, a thematic fund focussed on helping corporates achieve "zero" negative impact on biodiversity by 2030.
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Malaysian central bank warns of nature-related risks
17 March 2022Malaysian banks are exposed to sectors which face high nature-related financial risks, the country's central bank has warned.
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TNFD draft framework launches 'without a lot of metrics'
15 March 2022The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) has launched the eagerly awaited first version of its nature-related risk management and disclosure framework,...
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Japanese financial institutions at risk from floods
15 March 2022Increasing floods may put financial institutions in Japan at risk of worsening financial conditions, the Bank of Japan has warned.
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Microsoft among buyers of blue carbon credits from giant mangrove project
15 March 2022Microsoft and Trafigura are among the buyers of the first three million carbon credits to be generated by the world's largest mangrove restoration project.