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Carbon offsetting fund proposed by Arup

Sustainability consultancy Arup has called on the private sector to develop a carbon offsetting fund in the UK as an alternative to "concerning" offsetting practices.

Carbon markets alone will not protect nature, says Arup

Carbon markets cannot be relied upon to fund the scale of nature protection needed, Arup has said, as it called for a wider range of funding instruments to be deployed.

Arup becomes Climate Bonds Standard verifier

People Moves: Natixis, Wells Fargo Asset Management, Schroders, PIMCO, Truvalue Labs, MSCI, SASB, Boston Trust and Walden, ANZ and Swiss Association for Responsible Investment

Harald Walkate has been appointed as Natixis Investment Managers' first head of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and ESG.

Investors and corporates join forces in new plastics initiative

More than 15 major institutional investors and organisations representing several hundred companies have joined forces in support of a new initiative "to eradicate plastic waste and pollution at source".

27 CEOs back TCFD recommendations

27 CEOs from major corporations have committed to implement the draft recommendations laid out by the Financial Stability Board's Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).

A crisis looms

Jeremy Leggett's new book warns of turmoil ahead for the global energy and financial systems, but there is still hope for the longer-term future. His work is reviewed by Nick Robins