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  • Investors warned of plastics industry's pollution 'ambivalence'

    30 May 2022

    Investors in the European plastics industry have been warned of its 'ambivalence' towards the pollution problem, with the sector named as a 'high risk option'.

  • 'Disturbing' climate absence in shareholder proposals

    12 May 2022

    Only 2% of shareholder proposals in 2021 related to the environment, with the vast majority based on governance, according to analysis by non-profit Planet Tracker.

  • Future Planet Capital launches €20m oceans fund

    24 March 2022

    UK impact-led venture capital firm Future Planet Capital has closed its ocean-focused "mandate" at €20 million ($22 million).

  • People moves 18 February including BlackRock, Marsh, ASN, & more...

    18 February 2022

  • OnePlanetCapital appoints investment director

    18 February 2022

  • UK pensions impact quota suggested to nurture VC funds

    11 January 2022

    A suggestion to encourage UK pensions to allocate "a small portion, less than 5%" of their investment portfolio to venture capital funds that target positive impact is among dozens of proposals in a report by a member of the upper house of the UK Parliament.

  • Report calls for Brazilian 'deforestation-linked' sovereign bond

    14 July 2021

    Planet Tracker and the Grantham Research Institute have called on Brazil to issue a deforestation-linked sovereign bond...

  • Debt-for-climate swaps 'an opportunity for natural capital investment'

    08 July 2021

  • Textile wet processing companies need to improve environmental disclosures

    22 June 2021

    Poor environmental disclosure by textile wet processing companies prevents investors and lenders from properly pricing ESG risks and opportunities in this sector, argues Catherine Tubb

  • News round-up: LAPFF, Blue Planet Fund and PRI

    14 June 2021