Thomas Cox

Investors hail 'momentous' High Seas Treaty

Financiers welcomed the "milestone" UN agreement to protect a third of the High Seas by 2030, but cautioned that further action is needed to ensure it achieves its goals.

Cibus: Tree nurseries are a 'very fragmented space'

One of the key challenges to investing in companies that produce saplings is their small size, an issue reflected across natural capital, an executive at Cibus has said.

Axa IM natural capital fund invests €2m in nature tech firm

Mirova: Biodiversity certificates need clear system to avoid greenwashing

A clear system for biodiversity certificates - also known as biodiversity credits - is needed to help avoid the risk of 'greenwashing', an executive at Mirova has said.

Deutsche Bank targets €500bn in ESG financing by 2025

Abrdn: National ESG scores decline

Fidelity: SBTN will struggle to measure nature

The Science Based Targets Network (SBTN) will "struggle" to measure nature when preparing its science-based targets for nature protection, an executive at Fidelity has said.

Nature financing may be 'too little, too late'

Private financing of nature-based solutions needs to ramp up to restore nature's capacity to absorb climate-related shocks - or risk leaving capital that has already been committed being "too little, too late", academics have said.

Natural capital investment roles 'not easy' to fill

An increasing number of roles in natural capital investment are being created, a recruiter has said, but filling them often requires compromises because of a skills shortage.

Fidelity reveals natural capital engagement focus areas

Fidelity International will vote against more board directors that fail to meet its minimum expectations on deforestation from 2024, it said as it identified 'high-risk' areas in which it expects to concentrate its efforts.