Genevieve Redgrave

Data centres a 'huge' sustainable investment opportunity, says HSBC

Data centres represent a significant sustainability investment opportunity for institutional investors, according to HSBC, despite the sector's energy and water use "raising eyebrows".

Microsoft in landmark soil carbon credit deal

Singaporean banks carry out nature-risk study

Some of Singapore's largest banks and the Monetary Authority of Singapore have launched an initiative to better understand the financial implications of nature-related risk.

TNFD to release investment manager guidance

The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) is to release guidance for investment managers later this year, to help them "ask better questions on nature".

National biodiversity plans not yet 'investment grade', says banking giant

National plans on nature and biodiversity are currently insufficient to give financial institutions clarity, a London Climate Action Week conference has heard.

Institutional investors looking for 50-60% IRR in nature projects, claims major bank

Institutional investors are still expecting nature projects in emerging markets to deliver unachievable rates of return, a major European bank has told Environmental Finance.

Australian regulator to look at adaptation

The Australian financial regulator has told Environmental Finance that it will look at integrating adaptation further into its guidance and predicts that it will be "iteratively" integrated into the national sustainable finance taxonomy.

We need to 'make it okay again' to invest in carbon, says Standard Chartered's Winters

Amid the ESG backlash, better signals are needed to incentivise voluntary carbon market action, Standard Chartered said, as it backed a new government coalition on carbon market demand.

'Stuck in cycle of metrics' on nature, says mining giant

The market is obsessed with creating the right metrics on nature, with many financial institutions failing to think long-term, a mining giant has argued.

Forestry companies to standardise natural capital valuation

Some of the world's largest forestry companies are joining forces to standardise the way natural capital is valued, in a bid to develop a more investable market.