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Amundi calls on investors to use Mean Species Abundance scores
19 March 2024Amundi has called on investors to use Mean Species Abundance scores, as a good starting point to better track their impact on nature.
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BlackRock, Vanguard and Capital Group are 'biggest livestock investors'
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Rebranding natural resources strategies as natural capital is 'insufficient'
15 March 2024 -
Fidelity to focus on transition and executive pay this proxy season
15 March 2024Fidelity International has announced plans to vote on how companies are addressing climate change and tackling deforestation throughout proxy season.
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Nature in fiduciary duty debate is a 'rabbit hole', says Schroders
15 March 2024The debate about whether nature is legally part of fiduciary duty has turned into a "rabbit hole" that asset managers should avoid, Schroders argued, instead urging them to take a 'thoughtful' and holistic approach to nature.
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Financial directors should address and disclose nature-related risks, say lawyers
14 March 2024Financial directors in England and Wales are legally required to both address and disclose their nature-related risks, a team of barristers said in a new position statement.
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Car parts makers in Columbia Threadneedle's deforestation engagement crosshairs
14 March 2024Car parts manufacturers have been targeted for engagement by Columbia Threadneedle, as the investor seeks "a different route" to tackling deforestation in corporate supply chains, an Environmental Finance conference heard.
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EBRD: lack of scalable projects means nature is stuck in pilot phase
14 March 2024The lack of scalable projects is the biggest issue preventing development bank financing in nature-based solutions, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development told an Environmental Finance event.
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$150bn 'at risk from land use change'
14 March 2024Tightening policy and land use changes could see "ill-prepared" investors lose $150 billion by 2030 without action, think tank Inevitable Policy Response has warned, as it called on government to incentivise private investment.
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NA100 prepares to publish benchmark to judge company progress on nature
14 March 2024A benchmark of the 100 listed companies deemed to be systemically important in reversing nature and biodiversity loss is to be published in coming weeks, to inform investors looking to push for positive change with company management.
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Natural capital investment 'very much aligned with fiduciary duty'
14 March 2024Pension fund manager London CIV said natural capital investments should be considered as closely aligned with the fiduciary duty of asset managers to clients, but perhaps needs the market to "really think" about what that duty means.
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Hopes landmark EU nature restoration law will pass, as elections loom
14 March 2024An EU policymaker is "optimistic" that a landmark law to restore nature in the bloc will soon be adopted, the latest in a series of green policies which are expected to be completed ahead of elections later this year.
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EU preparing biodiversity risk assessment framework
13 March 2024The European Commission is preparing to publish a framework designed to help financial institutions assess nature-related risks in coming weeks, an Environmental Finance conference heard.
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Boards need to upskill on nature, investor claims
13 March 2024Boardroom education is needed to help companies integrate nature-based considerations into decision making, a financial services firm told an Environmental Finance event.
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Sovereigns likely to choose debt-for-nature swaps over 'blue bonds'
13 March 2024Large sovereign 'blue bonds' are likely to remain "uncommon" in the market despite sustainable marine and water-focused activities being prominent for governments, senior market participants told an Environmental Finance event.
- CSDDD agreed, in watershed moment, but is weakened to 'shadow of former self'
- Sustainability in 2024: From net zero to a more holistic approach
- Comment: Can natural capital become its own asset class?
- Sustainable Bonds Insight 2024
- Nature and social standards not top of our priorities, ISSB says
- Financial firms green bond lending disclosures 'need more detail'
- Nature in fiduciary duty debate is a 'rabbit hole', says Schroders
- Fidelity to focus on transition and executive pay this proxy season
- French SIF to give opinion on 'credibility' of Shell, Total and Glencore climate strategies
- ECB's Elderson urges banks to set transition plans to meet incoming regulation