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French asset owners to announce biodiversity fund at COP16

A group of French asset owners expects to announce the asset manager selected to run a new biodiversity fund at the upcoming biodiversity COP.

Biodiversity funds underperform benchmarks in 2023

The growing universe of biodiversity funds generally posted positive returns in 2023, but active funds lagged their benchmarks. Genevieve Redgrave reports.

Biodiversity funds top $1 billion for first time

Biodiversity fund assets topped $1 billion for the first time in 2023, but the majority of funds in the universe remain small.

Three new biodiversity funds launched in Q4

Three new biodiversity funds were launched in the final quarter of 2023, taking total number to 19, according to research conducted by Environmental Finance.

Biodiversity fund assets triple in 2022 to nearly $1bn

Assets in biodiversity funds passed $984 million at the end of 2022, with a flurry of strategy launches despite macroeconomic woes, Thomas Cox reports

Most large French companies 'still don't have enough women on boards'

A €5 trillion ($5.7 trillion) French investor initiative focused on improving corporate gender diversity hopes for "more tangible progress" in 2022...

French financial firms must draw on coal lessons for fossil fuel policies, say regulators

French regulators have encouraged financial firms to draw lessons from their thermal coal policies for other fossil fuel sectors in order to align with the goals of the Paris Agreement...

Total secures shareholder backing for controversial climate strategy

Total becomes next oil major to feel shareholder climate pressure

French supermajor Total has become the latest oil firm to face rising pressure from shareholders at its annual general meeting (AGM) over it environmental ambitions.

ACPR: Banks need to incorporate climate into risk management framework

The French Prudential Supervision and Resolution Authority (ACPR) has published a guide to good practices in governance and climate risk management for the banking industry.