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Amundi launches biodiversity fund

Amundi has launched a biodiversity credit fund for both institutional and retail investors.

Winners of the 2025 IMPACT Investment Awards revealed

The winners of the 2025 Environmental Finance IMPACT Investment Awards have been announced

Webinar: Climate risk ratings help identify where value is created or destroyed

Climate risk ratings can not only help investors to identify exposure to high climate risk within their portfolios, they can also help investors find growth opportunities, an Environmental Finance webinar heard.

ESG ratings 'frustration' justifies prescriptive FCA rules on transparency

Complaints from companies that a lack of transparency about their ESG rating left them 'confused and frustrated' justified the "most prescriptive" elements of the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) proposed regulation of ratings providers.

'My heart is bleeding for what's happening to nat cap regulation in Europe'

Investors have warned that the EU's policy pullback is hindering action on nature, and called for more ambition to help protect economic growth.

Yagel is new head of sustainability at S&P

Lauren Smart has stepped down as head of S&P Global Sustainable1, Environmental Finance has learned.

EIOPA proposes EU-wide natcat risk scoring for properties

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has proposed an EU-wide tool that would rate the exposure of residential and commercial buildings to natural catastrophe (natcat) risks.

PCAF approach to sovereigns 'unnecessarily risks double counting emissions'

An updated methodology for financial institutions to report greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with their investments in sub-sovereign issuers unnecessarily raises the prospect of double counting of emissions, an observer claimed.

Nature capital allocations growing, finds FfB

Over half of the Finance for Biodiversity's pledge signatories have begun allocating capital towards nature, but delegates at its annual summit were warned to keep reality in check.

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