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Can COP29 deliver on the key issue of finance?

COP29, due to begin on Monday has been dubbed 'the finance COP', and will be judged largely on whether it succeeds in stimulating a step change in financial flows to both climate mitigation and adaptation.

Sustainable debt round-up: IBRD, Canada, Health & Happiness ... and more

Caution urged over companies' nature-positive claims

It would be a "hard stretch" for organisations to say they are nature-positive, BNP Paribas Asset Management has said, calling on the market to "cautious" in any claims.

Conference round-up: Sustainability Data EMEA 2024

Now in its fifth year, Environmental Finance's Sustainability Data EMEA 2024 in London continues to shine a light on the rapidly expanding and evolving field of ESG data. Peter Cripps reports

Trust in forward-looking data 'needs to be earned'

As corporates are encouraged to provide more forward-looking data by investors and regulators, trust in how such data is produced will have to be earned, attendees at an Environmental Finance conference heard.

Nestlé: We need to set 'reasonable boundaries' on transparency of nature data

"Reasonable boundaries" need to be set on the amount of nature data companies are expected to disclose, Nestlé has said, urging investors to collectively decide what information they need.

US, Japanese and UK banks lead 'forest-risk' investment

Banks across the US, Japan and the UK are leading investment into 'forest-risk' companies driving tropical deforestation, Global Witness has claimed, labelling it as 'reckless financing'.

Kempen backs eco.business Fund to promote biodiversity

Lack of deforestation data 'not a good excuse' for non-disclosure, says WBCSD

A lack of data is "not a good excuse anymore" for not disclosing on deforestation, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) has said, as it releases new guidance for financial institutions.

Earth 'rapidly approaching red alert', warns scientists

Earth is almost in "red alert", scientists have warned, after finding that six of nine planetary boundaries have already been breached, with one more transgression "imminent".