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'Investors need to be ready to challenge policymakers on sustainable ag'

Investors should be more forceful in advocacy work with policymakers who are preparing to row back funding to promote more sustainable agriculture practices, Environmental Finance's Natural Capital Investment EMEA 2025 conference heard.

Opinions mixed over regen ag standards that could help prevent greenwashing

Wider adoption of standards in regen agriculture could help prevent greenwashing but some investors fail to see the benefits, attendees at Environmental Finance's Natural Capital Investment EMEA 2025 conference heard.

Natural Capital Investment EMEA returns on Tuesday

Environmental Finance's 6th annual Natural Capital Investment EMEA conference returns to London on 4 March.

Carbon 'insetting' fund launched

A fund to reward farmers for reducing emissions has raised £1 million ($1.25 million) in contributions from organisations looking to "reduce their Scope 3 emissions".

Personality of the year: Sofia Bartholdy

Her work led to the pension fund restricting investment in several oil and gas majors, writes Michael Hurley

Market not recognising timberland's full sustainability benefits

Current investment approaches to timberland fail to adequately recognise the main sustainability benefits of the asset class and are hindering scalability, investors warned.

People Moves, 1 March: South Pole, PRI, Blue Earth Capital, United Bankers ... and more

People moves 28 July including OCBC, First Sentier and more

Deforestation is at the heart of the climate-nature puzzle

Investor nature and climate efforts must both focus on - and learn from - action on deforestation, argues Olga Hancock

Church Commissioners for England renounces oil and gas majors

Church Commissioners for England has divested 11 oil and gas firms, including BP, Shell and Total, because of their lack of action to address climate change.