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Proxy voting season a key opportunity to "accelerate impact", say investors
03 May 2024The proxy voting season is a "key opportunity" for investors to take action on biodiversity, members of the Finance for Biodiversity initiative have said, as it announces it will develop guidance for voting on biodiversity.
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Disappointing progress in tackling plastic despite solutions, says Iceberg Data Lab
03 May 2024Tackling plastics is an "achievable transformation" for the economy, but given solutions are readily available, the limited progress made so far has been "disappointing", Iceberg Data Lab has said.
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Nature maturity tool launched
02 May 2024A tool to assess the 'maturity' of a company's performance on nature has been launched by NatureMetrics to help companies develop better nature strategies.
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Biodiversity resolution sees investor support at PepsiCo
02 May 2024A resolution urging PepsiCo to carry out a material biodiversity dependency and impact assessment has received support from 18% of shareholders, including some major institutional investors.
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Financing under spotlight in plastic treaty negotiations
01 May 2024After a 'disappointing' end to negotiations on a global plastics treaty, financing the implementation of a future treaty has been named as a key topic requiring progress before negotiations resume later this year.
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Biodiversity financing gap stems from lack of value placed on ecosystem services, says Allianz
01 May 2024The biodiversity financing gap is mainly caused by a lack of understanding of the "price tag" for ecosystem services, with the value of soil being particularly poorly understood, according to a research note by Allianz.
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EU Commission puts call out for natural capital and circular experts
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Climate Asset Management acquires farmland in Spain and Portugal
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Mirova to question companies on biodiversity commitments ahead of AGMs
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Nature data firm raises $12m in Series A funding round
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Investors 'can help turn the tide on England's sewage crisis'
25 April 2024England is facing is a "watershed" moment in tackling its water pollution crisis, Redwheel said, urging investors to look for investment opportunities.
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Allianz GI 'could develop products on biodiversity this year
25 April 2024Allianz Global Investors said biodiversity will take centre stage in 2024, and its growing focus on the theme could result in new product development.
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Nature risks bigger threat to the economy than Global Financial Crisis, warns GFI
25 April 2024Nature risks could cause more damage to the UK economy than the Global Financial Crisis, the Green Finance Institute has said, warning that large UK financial institutions are also not doing enough to mitigate the risks in their portfolio.
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Nature Action 100 publishes company benchmark design
25 April 2024Nature Action 100 (NA100) has published the indicators that will be used within its benchmark to assess company progress.
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TNFD unlikely to be major issue in proxy season, says Morningstar
24 April 2024Companies are unlikely to face many calls to disclose in line with the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) during this year's proxy season, according to Morningstar's Lindsey Stewart.
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