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Vague COP15 agreement is 'not a Paris moment', warns HSBC

The global biodiversity framework agreed at the COP15 conference this week failed to meet expectations among some observers that it could provide an equivalent target to 'net zero' for nature, according to a research note by HSBC.

COP15: Agreement on nature-related disclosures hailed by investors

Investors have welcomed agreement by countries on a text to halt and reverse the loss of nature, which sets a goal to require financial institutions and companies to disclose their nature-related impacts and dependencies.

Five financing vehicles for EU regenerative agriculture

Food Securities Fund 'more needed than ever'

The blended finance vehicle has an increased role to play amid the impending food and nature crisis, Tanja Havemann tells Madeleine Jenkins

Clarmondial partner on $30m deforestation initiative

ASN invests €2m in Clarmondial sustainable food fund

Dutch firm ASN Impact Investors has invested €2 million ($2.1 million) in Clarmondial's fund focused on sustainable agriculture.

News Round Up: SFDR, Solactive, Aegon, Eurazeo, and more

Food Securities Fund starts operations

GEF grants $15m support to the Food Securities Fund

The Global Environmental Facility (GEF) has approved a commitment of $15 million to the Food Securities Fund, developed by Swiss investment advisor Clarmondial.

First-of-its-kind 'climate-smart' food security fund launched

Environmental investment advisor Clarmondial, corporate financial advisor Duff & Phelps and Swiss fund management services provider Pictet Asset Services have partnered to launch a first-of-its-kind 'climate-smart' food security fund.