F4B launches taskforce for 'nature markets'

Finance for Biodiversity (F4B) has launched a taskforce to try to ensure emerging "nature markets" contribute…

Natural Capital

EU Platform reveals remaining environmental taxonomy criteria

Criteria to extend the EU's taxonomy beyond climate have been published by an expert group - but the…

Natural Capital,Policy

SLM invests in Spanish orchards

IMPACT,Natural Capital

Abrdn and UNESCO partner to fund UN SDGs

Natural Capital

IBRD issues innovative 'pay-for-success' rhino bond

The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) has raised $150 million from a ground-breaking…

Debt,Green Bonds,IMPACT,Investment,Natural Capital

Future Planet Capital launches €20m oceans fund

UK impact-led venture capital firm Future Planet Capital has closed its ocean-focused "mandate" at €20…

IMPACT,Natural Capital

NGFS: Central banks should respond to nature risks

Central banks and supervisors should consider nature-related financial risks to fulfil their mandates,…

Natural Capital

TNFD: Materiality distinctions 'aren't necessarily helpful'

The different sustainability materiality terms could converge as their separation may not be helpful,…

Natural Capital

Federated Hermes to launch biodiversity listed equities fund

Investment manager Federated Hermes will launch its Biodiversity Equity Fund next week, a thematic fund…

Natural Capital

Malaysian central bank warns of nature-related risks

Malaysian banks are exposed to sectors which face high nature-related financial risks, the country's…

Asia Pacific,Natural Capital

TNFD draft framework launches 'without a lot of metrics'

The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) has launched the eagerly awaited first version…

Natural Capital

Japanese financial institutions at risk from floods

Increasing floods may put financial institutions in Japan at risk of worsening financial conditions,…

Asia Pacific,Natural Capital

Microsoft among buyers of blue carbon credits from giant mangrove project

Microsoft and Trafigura are among the buyers of the first three million carbon credits to be generated…

Asia Pacific,Carbon,Natural Capital

TNFD 'beta' framework to be launched "next week"

The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) said the first draft of its guidance framework…

IMPACT,Natural Capital

Iceberg Data Lab completes 'sectoral mapping' for natural capital impact

Iceberg Data Lab has finished work to map different sectors of the economy according to the pressures…

ESG Data,Natural Capital

Sovereign involvement 'critical' for scaling natural capital

Government involvement in natural capital investment is crucial for scaling finance in the area, an executive…

Natural Capital,Policy

Investors' biodiversity metrics 'not fit for purpose'

Measurement approaches commonly used by investors to assess their impact on nature are "not appropriate…

ESG Data,Natural Capital

EF's Sustainable Investment Awards open for entries

Entries to Environmental Finance's annual Sustainable Investment Awards are open until 14 April 2022

Asia Pacific,Carbon,COP,Corporate,Debt,ESG,ESG Data,Equity,Green Bonds,IMPACT,Insurance,Investment,Markets,Natural Capital,People,Policy,Renewables,Stranded Assets,Water

Asset manager "not convinced" by Natural Asset Companies

One leading asset manager is "not convinced" by the concept of Natural Asset Companies (NAC), and instead…

Natural Capital,Policy

UK taxonomy can tame 'Wild West' of natural capital claims, says minister

The UK's proposed 'green' taxonomy of environmentally sustainable activities will be key to ward off…

ESG,Natural Capital,Policy