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Natural Capital Investment Americas 2023: NA100 a 'really powerful vehicle', conference hears

The newly launched Nature Action 100 (NA100), which formally launched yesterday by sending a letter to over 100 companies which have a high impact on nature, was described as "a really powerful vehicle to help advance meaningful progress".

Insurance Risk and Capital Americas 2023: US anti-ESG backlash is 'political risk', insurers say

US politicians have hijacked the ESG debate, making the job of insurers to manage their climate risk much more difficult, according to panellists at the Insurance Risk and Capital Americas 2023 conference.

RGreen backs EV charging business with €47m financing

TNFD requires faster adoption than TCFD, says UK treasury minister

International adoption of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosure (TNFD) disclosure recommendations "must go faster" than adoption of the equivalent framework for climate, a junior minister at the UK treasury has urged.

Natural Capital Investment Americas 2023: TNFD 'will need filtering before integration into ISSB'

The recently released recommendations of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) will need to be "filtered" before being integrated into the standards created by the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), one of the IFRS Foundation's directors has suggested.

Just Climate launches 'natural climate solutions' strategy

UK regulators propose rules on diversity and inclusion

The UK's financial regulators have issued consultations on improving diversity and inclusion (D&I) in financial industries, an issue that is "important to governance and firm-wide culture" and supporting effective risk management.

190 investors sign up to collaborative engagement on nature

190 institutional investors have signed up to collaborate to pressure 100 companies to address their negative impacts on nature, on the launch of Nature Action 100 (NA100) at Environmental Finance's Natural Capital Americas conference.

Natural capital investment faces major hurdles in the Americas

Natural capital investment across the Americas faces several barriers including a lack of standardised rules, potential greenwashing, and the long-term horizon that is required, according to sector experts.

Voluntary carbon market craving for clarity, Manulife IM says

Investors are increasingly looking "under the hood" of voluntary carbon market (VCM) investment opportunities to understand the underlying projects they are investing, according to Eric Cooperström, managing director for impact investing and natural climate solutions at Manulife Investment Management.