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Three investors back sustainable shrimp start-up

A start-up that aims to make the Asian shrimp industry more sustainable has secured funding from three investors.

Credit Suisse ocean health impact fund raises $212m

Credit Suisse has announced its impact fund addressing ocean health and engaging to create a sustainable blue economy has raised $212 million.

People Moves, 10 July: BT Pension; Mirova; JPMorgan; RPMI Railpen; Aegon; Gresham House

Brazilian biodiversity fund reaches first close

Mirova, an affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers, has confirmed the first close of the Althelia Biodiversity Fund Brazil (ABF Brazil), which will make impact investments in the Amazon.

Sowing the seeds of tomorrow's agriculture

Funds that invest in making farming more sustainable are highly impactful, but hard work!

Investing in the oceans

Investors targeting SDG14 – life below water – can find themselves fishing in murky waters, writes Joe Walsh

Amazon fires cast spotlight on finance for natural capital

The current squabbling between G7 countries and Brazil about how to tackle the thousands of fires raging through the Amazon rainforest is a tragic, but timely, reminder of the need for a sharp increase in finance for projects that protect or enhance natural capital assets.

Blueprints to boost nature conservation investment unveiled

A set of blueprints has been published to help boost private investment in forest and marine conservation, coastal resilience and sustainable cocoa farming.

Carbon market eyes blockchain benefits

Blockchain technology could help grow the carbon credit market, while also making it more transparent and secure, according to advocates at the Innovate4Climate conference in Frankfurt.

Sustainable blue economy finance principles unveiled

A set of principles for blue finance that aim to support ocean health and investment has been unveiled.