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Nature mapping 'atlas' launched at COP16
22 October 2024An 'atlas' of the world's ecosystems has been launched at COP16, in a bid to help the private sector better map and monitor potential risks.
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Climate adaptation 'equally important' to climate mitigation, says Lightrock
22 October 2024Impact investors must treat climate adaptation as an "equally important subject" as climate mitigation, Lightrock has warned.
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Gold Standard expanding nature coverage
22 October 2024Gold Standard will soon begin piloting labelling requirements for nature-based solutions and is developing a raft of guidance on nature projects.
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WisdomTree to pay $4m SEC fine for 'failing to adhere to' its own ESG criteria
22 October 2024WisdomTree has agreed to pay a $4 million fine after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) found it had "misstated" that funds did not invest in companies involved in fossil fuels and tobacco.
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NGFS warns of inflationary impact of climate policy missteps
22 October 2024Central bankers have been warned that increased action by policymakers to limit climate change risks feeding inflation, if it is not "credible" and clearly signposted, according to the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS).
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WEF urges against 'oversimplified and misleading' biodiversity credit claims
22 October 2024The World Economic Forum (WEF) has urged businesses not to make oversimplified and misleading claims about their use of biodiversity credits within nature action plans.
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COP16 kicks off with calls for 'significant investment'
21 October 2024COP16 has kicked off in Colombia, with urgent demands for private capital to be committed to nature protection and restoration by the end of the conference.
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Verra to cut 25% of workforce
21 October 2024Verra is to cut "roughly 25%" of its workforce, new chief executive Mandy Rambharos has announced, saying the move would allow it to focus "more intently on maintaining the rigour and integrity of our standards programmes".
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Manager of €100m French listed equities biodiversity fund selected - with RfP for private fund expected in Q1
21 October 2024Sustainability specialist Mirova has won a competitive tender to manage a listed equities fund focused on biodiversity, with a private assets strategy expected to be launched in coming months.
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Investors 'sick' of SFDR eating into sustainability innovation resource
21 October 2024Investors are "sick" of the onerous EU reporting and disclosure regulation stifling their ability to invest in innovation around sustainable finance, attendees at last week's Environmental Finance Sustainability Data EMEA conference heard.
- Human rights impacts should be part of nature disclosure
- Using the SDGs to invest in sovereign debt
- Sovereign 'tension' with corporate sustainable bond investments needs addressing
- AI data centre sustainable debt spurs innovation - and risk
- Lloyds launches UK food and nature resilience fund
- 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
- UK forum to define carbon in bid to develop market