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COP 29: Will AI be mentioned in the final text?

AI, with all its implications for emissions, should be hotly debated in Baku and have a significant presence in the final agreement, argues Mathieu Nègre

Company leadership interest in nature 'is limited', says UBP

Interest in nature outside of corporate sustainability teams is "limited", UBP has said, as it calls on business leaders to "buy-in".

AIP fuels €550m funding round for French IPP

Eurazeo-backed Kurma Partners raises €140m for fourth fund

Managing biodiversity should be a 'commercial, not a sustainability decision', says UBP

Managing biodiversity risks and opportunities are a "commercial decision, not a sustainability one", Swiss bank UBP has said in an article with the Peace Parks Foundation, as it calls for further measurement of biodiversity gain.

Schroders Greencoat acquires co-located energy storage and solar project

Putting transition plans to the test: Sustainable Fitch

Investors face a tough task scrutinising corporate transition plans - but an increasing number of tools promise to help. In the third article in a series, Michael Hurley examines Fitch's Transition Assessment

Bpifrance, Zebra Impact leads €27m funding in resistant weed biotech

Lack of location data leaves UBP unable to assess biodiversity fund's impact

A lack of asset-level data is hindering portfolio-wide assessments of biodiversity impact, UBP claimed, as it called for increased disclosure from companies.

EU Nature Restoration Law finally approved in 'massive victory for nature'

An EU law to restore at least 20% of the EU's land and sea areas by 2030 has been approved after a 'compromise' text won a slim majority among EU countries - a move welcomed by investors and NGOs who called it "a massive victory for Europe's nature".