Thomas Cox

Articles by Thomas Cox

  • New Forests buys Californian forest for carbon credits

    22 June 2023

  • NA100 to provide update next week, but not list of target companies

    21 June 2023

    The Nature Action 100 (NA100) will provide an update next week, but a list of focus companies will not be published until later this year, the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) has said.

  • UN ocean agreement to provide investors with 'better' impact data

    21 June 2023

  • Impact Bridge targets €150m with social impact fund

    16 June 2023

  • Companies won't act without more biodiversity policy, Impax says

    15 June 2023

    Policymakers must address biodiversity beyond current legislative proposals as companies are not acting on nature, with steps taken so far often little more than "window dressing", Impax Asset Management has said.

  • Renewables may benefit from a 'climate put' unappreciated by investors, says UBS

    15 June 2023

    Renewables developers could be set to benefit from a "climate put" option, thanks to strong policy support, UBS has suggested in a note.

  • TNFD metrics 'don't allow direct assessment of COP15 contribution'

    15 June 2023

    The draft core disclosure metrics of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) do not show whether businesses are fulfilling a key goal of the final agreement from COP15, data providers and consultants have claimed.

  • EU strips biodiversity offsets from taxonomy

    14 June 2023

    The EU Commission has cut biodiversity offsets from its latest update to the taxonomy, following pressure from advisory group the Platform on Sustainable Finance (PSF).

  • Foresight Sustainable Forestry assets grow 3% in six months

    13 June 2023

    The net asset value (NAV) of Foresight Sustainable Forestry (FSF) grew by 3.3%, it announced in its half-year results, as its afforestation projects rose in value and it generated carbon credits.

  • BNP Paribas: Brazil hosting COP30 to mark climate policy shift

    13 June 2023

    Brazil's recent appointment as host of COP30 will mark a new era of climate policy led by the 'global south', while highlighting the country's capacity for leading the transition to a more nature-positive world, an executive at BNP Paribas said.