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  • Call for regenerative agriculture standard, amid 'big risk of greenwashing'

    29 April 2025

    Better standards and data collection are needed to combat the "big risk of greenwashing" in regenerative agriculture projects, a conference has heard.

  • EU shouldn't oversimplify nature data, says IAPB's Goulard

    29 April 2025

    Genevieve Redgrave reporting from Paris

  • Little progress made on deforestation, finds Global Canopy

    29 April 2025

    A 'minority' of companies are taking meaningful action to address deforestation risk, Global Canopy's latest Forest 500 report has found, as it tells Environmental Finance that financial institutions need to step up.

  • Space agency launches 'Earth observation' data initiative to propel nature finance

    28 April 2025

    Financial institutions, corporates and academics have begun work to identify the best ways to use 'Earth observation' data to propel nature-positive finance toward the $540 billion of annual investment needed to meet international targets.

  • Mirova invests $40m in nature

    24 April 2025

    Mirova has invested $40 million in three nature-based carbon projects.

  • Carbon trading 'increasingly pivotal' for transition finance, says MSCI

    24 April 2025

    The voluntary carbon markets are playing an "increasingly pivotal" role in transition finance, MSCI has said.

  • Companies don't believe investors are fully assessing nature, finds NBIM survey

    22 April 2025

    Despite recognising that nature is a growing concern for investors, many companies don't believe investors are fully assessing risk as part of financing decisions, Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) has found.

  • Microsoft agrees 1.4m tonne mining reforestation deal

    22 April 2025

    Microsoft has agreed to purchase 1.4 million tonnes of carbon removal credits from Living Carbon's reforestation project in the eastern US.

  • UK government consults on carbon, nature market standards

    17 April 2025

    The UK government has launched a consultation to assess the applicability of its voluntary carbon and nature market principles.

  • 'Trump effect' could lead to market opportunity, says Gresham House

    17 April 2025

    The pullback by North American investors from sustainable investments could open up new opportunities, said Gresham House, as the 'Trump effect' takes hold.