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Companies are in early stages of addressing nature impacts, confirms first NA100 Benchmark
29 October 2024From Peter Cripps at COP16 in Colombia
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COP16: 'High-integrity' biodiversity credit framework launches - and says 'no to international offsetting'
29 October 2024A framework has been launched at COP16 to guide the growth of a "high-integrity" biodiversity credit market, with one of its key pieces of guidance being that it does not support "international offsetting".
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NatureAlpha launches AI-driven platform covering private assets
28 October 2024From Peter Cripps at COP16 in Cali, Colombia
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Investors 'sceptical' of public ESG strategies likely to increase allocations to PE, says Ambienta
28 October 2024Investors are increasingly reallocating capital away from 'inauthentic' ESG strategies towards the few 'authentic' strategies, amid concerns they don't invest in 'real' environmental investment opportunities, Ambienta has claimed.
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IDB Invest backs ground-breaking BBVA 'biodiversity bond' in Colombia
28 October 2024IDB Invest has invested in a landmark $70 million green bond from the Colombian arm of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) which is dedicated to biodiversity-related projects.
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S&P: Green Asset Ratio is 'incredibly exciting' part of EU Taxonomy - in principle
28 October 2024The "most exciting" part of the EU Taxonomy regulation are the Green Asset Ratio (GAR) disclosures for banks as it provides investors with clear links between financial and sustainability reporting, according to S&P Global Ratings.
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COP16: TNFD launches transition guidance
28 October 2024The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) has released draft guidance on nature transition plans, labelling these as critical to meeting the Global Biodiversity Framework.
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TNFD consults on public 'data facility' in nature data strategy paper
27 October 2024By Peter Cripps at COP16 in Cali, Colombia
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CBI publish 'game-changing' agriculture criteria
25 October 2024The Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) has published its "game-changing" sustainability criteria for agricultural production projects, with the influential not-for-profit hoping it provides a "forward-thinking tool" for one of the more complex areas of sustainable finance.
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COP16: Countries clash over Global Biodiversity Framework Fund
25 October 2024Negotiators at COP16 have clashed on whether the development of a global biodiversity fund is necessary, with dividing lines being drawn on the risk of fragmentation.
- Human rights impacts should be part of nature disclosure
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- Lloyds launches UK food and nature resilience fund
- AI data centre sustainable debt spurs innovation - and risk
- The dark side of AI investment
- Allianz & Zurich launch blended finance investment company
- US-Iran conflict shows NGFS assumptions 'don't hold' amid fragmented transition
- 'Paris-aligned benchmarks' out of favour in fragmented transition, Lazard says
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