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Tracking nature: finance lags on biodiversity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
Major financial intuitions and companies are falling behind on global deforestation, as the EU enacts a new law to protect and restore nature. 75% of the Earth's land surface has been significantly altered by human activities, according to the UN Environment ...

PRI appoints RI ecosystem officers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... Ecosystems for the UK, Europe and India, Middle East and Africa. Easton has been responsible for building the PRI's RI ecosystem function since June 2023, including managing the PRI's ecosystem activities in individual markets where the local teams look ...

New Forests invests in Thai peat forest

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... fund is to show that asset managers can integrate activities that support sustainability and biodiversity - such as ecosystem restoration, reforestation, and community forestry - into commercial forestry investments, and that this will result in better ...

Global managers drop out, scale back on Climate Action 100+

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... the need to decarbonise remains as strong as ever. "It would be a mistake to think that the dysfunctional US political ecosystem changes the local economics or the global science."

Stewart Investors joins Responsible Minerals initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... working to address responsible mineral sourcing issues in industry supply chains. The RMI provides companies with a full ecosystem that includes due diligence tools and assurance, and helps companies make responsible sourcing decisions to improve regulatory ...

Nature-related disclosures underway

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
Reporting on nature-related corporate disclosures with the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) is now underway, with the first 320 companies and financial institutions now taking part. The first cohort of adopters are taking steps ...

Forestry fund falls short of target

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... fund is to show that asset managers can integrate activities that support sustainability and biodiversity - such as ecosystem restoration, reforestation, and community forestry - into commercial forestry investments, and that this will result in better ...

China relaunches offsets market, releases biodiversity framework

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... index. China was one of the first countries to sign on to the Convention on Biological Diversity, and has a goal of 30% ecosystem restoration, in 30% of total land area, by 2030. The country issued more than 40 relevant policy documents and released ...

BNP Paribas updates sustainability strategy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
BNP Paribas Asset Management has updated its Global Sustainability Strategy with a focus on ESG integration and stewardship. It comes as a response to new regulations as well as evolving consumer and investor expectations. As of September 2023, its ...

A rising tide for blue bond investment: T. Rowe Price

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
Although the current market for blue bonds is "nascent", the potential demand for bonds whose use of proceeds fund ocean-friendly and clean water projects could grow rapidly in tandem with the increased investor and corporate focus on biodiversity ...