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Mirova strikes partnership with FSC to boost sustainable land fund pipeline
29 April 2025Mirova has formed a partnership with the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) that should help its sustainable land-use fund to identify investment opportunities
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Finding financial partners for regen ag 'challenging', says Danone
29 April 2025Finding financial partners to work with on regenerative agriculture has been "more challenging than we'd like", Danone has said, as it called for an intermediary in emerging markets.
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Call for regenerative agriculture standard, amid 'big risk of greenwashing'
29 April 2025Better standards and data collection are needed to combat the "big risk of greenwashing" in regenerative agriculture projects, a conference has heard.
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EU shouldn't oversimplify nature data, says IAPB's Goulard
29 April 2025Genevieve Redgrave reporting from Paris
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Little progress made on deforestation, finds Global Canopy
29 April 2025A 'minority' of companies are taking meaningful action to address deforestation risk, Global Canopy's latest Forest 500 report has found, as it tells Environmental Finance that financial institutions need to step up.
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ISSB proposes 'relief' from reporting some finance-related emissions
28 April 2025The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) has proposed changes to its standards, to permit companies to omit disclosure of Scope 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions linked to derivatives, facilitated emissions by investment banks, and insurance-associated emissions.
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Space agency launches 'Earth observation' data initiative to propel nature finance
28 April 2025Financial institutions, corporates and academics have begun work to identify the best ways to use 'Earth observation' data to propel nature-positive finance toward the $540 billion of annual investment needed to meet international targets.
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BII publishes blended finance scorecard to inform investors
28 April 2025British International Investment (BII) has published a guide to help investors navigate the rise of blended finance structures.
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EU fund naming rules helped 'clear up' market, ESMA claims
25 April 2025An increase in the number of managers removing ESG-related terms from the names of their investment funds shows EU naming rules have been successful in reducing 'greenwashing', according to the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA).
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Companies can benefit from standing by DEI policies despite political backlash, says M&G
25 April 2025Despite wider political pushback, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) policies are not universally being dropped, M&G has claimed, claiming they have the potential to positively impact company financials.
- ASTM publishes inaugural green finance framework
- Making green guarantees profitable
- SFDR vote delayed amid disagreement on transition category
- Place-based impact for the net zero economy
- Changing the conversation on nature finance
- IFC mandates benchmark five-year US dollar green bond
- IFC issues inaugural euro green benchmark, while dollar deal tightens by 4bps
- Is the ESG data industry set for its next wave of M&A?
- Market 'relatively inefficient' at pricing ESG risks, says Aberdeen
- AI data centre sustainable debt spurs innovation - and risk