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COP16: TNFD adopters hits 500

Over 500 organisations have now committed to reporting in line with the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD).

Manulife IM: There's a long way to go on nature data

Manulife is beginning to look for new nature investment opportunities but has told Environmental Finance why it is rejecting the use of large datasets and nature footprinting.

Manulife meets three nature targets early

Manulife Investment Management, which claims to be the world's largest natural asset investor, has released its first annual nature report, revealing that it has met three of the five targets it had set for 2025.

The long road to reasonable assurance

Sustainability data is set to move along the assurance curve, from limited to reasonable, boosted by regulation and technology. Genevieve Redgrave reports

Investors urge Asian governments to develop policies for coal phaseout

Cambodian telecoms firm raises $20m from ground-breaking sustainability bond

Natural Capital Investment Americas 2023: Investor hopes the SBTi will 'endorse' carbon credits

An Environmental Finance conference has heard hopes from market participants that the Science-based Targets Initiative (SBTi) will "endorse" the use of carbon credits as part of net zero targets.

Voluntary carbon market craving for clarity, Manulife IM says

Investors are increasingly looking "under the hood" of voluntary carbon market (VCM) investment opportunities to understand the underlying projects they are investing, according to Eric Cooperström, managing director for impact investing and natural climate solutions at Manulife Investment Management.

Manulife: Green bonds 'imperilled' by net zero target setting

Canadian insurer and asset manager Manulife is concerned that the "blunt tool" of assessing alignment with net-zero targets for investment portfolio construction could "imperil" the future success of the green bond market.

Manulife pilots natural capital accounting framework

Manulife Investment Management is piloting a method of measuring the value of nature for its timber and agriculture assets, in preparation for applying it to "the entire portfolio", an executive has said.