Thomas Cox

'We have focused a lot on disclosure, but now let's take action'

Stephanie Pfeifer, CEO of the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), tells Thomas Cox about the challenge of scaling meaningful climate action in this critical decade

Citi: Corporate ocean impact data is 'pain point'

Linking negative impacts on the oceans to the investee companies responsible for them is a key obstacle for financial institutions, the assistant vice president of Citi's data research arm has said.

Halt deep-sea mining 'madness', financial institutions urge governments

Danone's biodiversity footprint shows it degrades an area 'greater than Lebanon'

Food firm Danone's biodiversity footprint for 2021 was equivalent to degrading a pristine area of 10,486.60km², according to Iceberg Data Lab.

TNFD criticised for lack of scientists in governance

The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) has refuted criticism that there is "a lack of independent scientific rigour" in its main body.

Nature investment tracker to be launched by UK financial institutions

Some of the largest UK financial institutions have launched a group that aims to develop a database to track private finance investments in nature.

SocGen life insurer uses CDC data to calculate biodiversity footprint

The life insurance arm of Société Générale Group has published its biodiversity footprint using CDC Biodiversité's Global Biodiversity Score (GBS) tool.

Finance-backed roadmap for nature alignment launched

Cibus-managed fund to deploy $200m to glasshouse food growers

A Cibus-managed fund aims to deploy $200 million via a platform it has set up to invest in fruit and vegetable growers using sustainable glasshouses, Environmental Finance understands.

Better data 'will unlock insurance and investment in natural capital projects'

A lack of timely and reliable data has deterred investment in, and insurance of, nature-related projects, the head of a nature technology collective has claimed.