Natural Capital

Biodiversity credits to help fund investment in nature restoration and recovery have been launched by the UK's Environment Bank.

Additional disclosure points in the Taskforce for Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) final disclosure framework, which look to further identify social factors and 'priority locations', have been welcomed by ESG data providers.

Environmental Finance's inaugural Natural Capital Americas conference arrives in New York City next week.

The 'food waste transition' is to biodiversity what the energy transition is to climate, according to Iceberg Data Lab, which called for the topic to be integrated into decision making by financial institutions

Despite a limited number of investable opportunities currently, changing regulation and initiatives such as the Task Force on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) could turn the tide for sustainable investments in the world's oceans, Sustainable Fitch has said.

The topic of biodiversity is sufficiently important and complex that it deserves its own version of the Assessing Sovereign Climate-related Opportunities and Risks (ASCOR) project, according to an expert working on the sovereign climate risk assessment tool.

The Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) has warned central banks and regulators that nature poses a risk to the financial system, in a guide that urged supervisors to improve how they assess and address these risks.

First Sentier has launched a biodiversity toolkit to help investors assess water and deforestation risk within their portfolio and better engage with clients on these issues.