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World Economic Forum launches biodiversity credit platform amid predictions of $2bn market

$300bn funding gap for sustainable land use, says McKinsey

To meet the growing global demand for food, 'urgent action' and investment of at least $300 billion is needed to transform land and farming practices, a report by McKinsey & Co has found.

News round-up - McKinsey, M&G, Tesco, Platts, HanETF, and more

McKinsey buys Vivid Economics and Planetrics

Sustainability reports should be mandatory, say investors

More than 80% of investors “support legal mandates requiring companies to issue sustainability reports” and two-thirds of company executives agree with them, according to a survey by consultancy McKinsey & Co.

People moves: CDP, PRI, East Capital, GIG

Bruno Sarda has joined CDP, formerly Carbon Disclosure Project, as president of North America.

People moves: CalPERS, FCLTGlobal, NNIP, Lightsource BP, ALLCOT Colombia

Elisabeth Bourqui has resigned as chief operating investment officer at public pension fund California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), after less than eight months in office.

People Moves: EEM, Neuberger, Putnam

Adrian Rimmer has left his position of CEO of carbon markets exchange European Environmental Markets (EEM) to focus on his other business interests and projects.

'Toolkit' launched to help conservation finance scale up

Green bonds issued by sovereigns to finance environmental conservation, and closed-ended funds focusing on assets such as sustainable timber, are among the products that can help the conservation finance market reach up to $200-$400 billion by 2020, according to a new report.

Generate Capital provided $150m financing in 2015

SunEdison co-founder Jigar Shah's Generate Capital has financed $150 million of resource efficiency projects in 2015, according to the company.