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  • COP 29: Will AI be mentioned in the final text?

    11 November 2024

    AI, with all its implications for emissions, should be hotly debated in Baku and have a significant presence in the final agreement, argues Mathieu Nègre

  • Company leadership interest in nature 'is limited', says UBP

    08 November 2024

    Interest in nature outside of corporate sustainability teams is "limited", UBP has said, as it calls on business leaders to "buy-in".

  • Managing biodiversity should be a 'commercial, not a sustainability decision', says UBP

    05 September 2024

    Managing biodiversity risks and opportunities are a "commercial decision, not a sustainability one", Swiss bank UBP has said in an article with the Peace Parks Foundation, as it calls for further measurement of biodiversity gain.

  • Lack of location data leaves UBP unable to assess biodiversity fund's impact

    05 July 2024

    A lack of asset-level data is hindering portfolio-wide assessments of biodiversity impact, UBP claimed, as it called for increased disclosure from companies.

  • EU Nature Restoration Law finally approved in 'massive victory for nature'

    17 June 2024

    An EU law to restore at least 20% of the EU's land and sea areas by 2030 has been approved after a 'compromise' text won a slim majority among EU countries - a move welcomed by investors and NGOs who called it "a massive victory for Europe's nature".

  • Biodiversity funds underperform benchmarks in 2023

    29 February 2024

    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

    27 February 2024

    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

    20 February 2024

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

  • Engagement is the 'measure of success' on biodiversity, says UBP

    22 August 2023

    It is more valuable to engage on biodiversity-related themes, rather than try to manage 'arbitrary' data points, Union Bank Privée (UBP) has argued.

  • Biodiversity fund assets triple in 2022 to nearly $1bn

    27 February 2023

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