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  • UK Nature Impact Fund looking to make seed investments as it eyes first close

    13 March 2024

    The fledgling UK Nature Impact Fund is looking to make seed investments ahead of its first close earlier this year, as it claimed momentum is growing in the UK nature-based solutions market.

  • Lack of nature-related scenarios a challenge for target setting, insurers say

    13 March 2024

    While insurers increasingly consider nature and biodiversity in their investment programmes, leveraging the work done on climate to set targets on nature is not always an easy fit..

  • MSCI: Deforestation screen an 'easy' start for nature-positive investment

    13 March 2024

    Applying a deforestation screen is a simple, cost-effective and impactful way for investors to start their shift to nature-positive investment, MSCI told an Environmental Finance event.

  • TNFD devising transition plan guidance as it casts eyes to COP16

    12 March 2024

    The Task Force on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) has begun to devise guidance on incorporating nature information in climate transition plans, to ensure it is coherent with similar work by the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero and the UK Transition Plan Taskforce.

  • Nature is a natural fit for insurers but comes with difficulties, says Zurich director

    12 March 2024

    Putting capital into nature makes sense for insurers' business models, Danielle Brassel, director of responsible investment at Zurich, has said, but there remain issues before the industry can fully integrate it into their work.

  • Mirova holds second close at €195m for climate nature fund

    12 March 2024
  • London CIV in 'early stages' of launching natural capital fund

    12 March 2024

    London CIV is in the process of launching its first natural capital-focused fund, the UK pension fund manager told an Environmental Finance event.

  • UK nature investment fund first close 'soon', says Lord Benyon

    12 March 2024

    The UK government-backed Big Nature Impact Fund (BNIF) is expected to announce its first close from private investors "soon", according to a senior minister.

  • Lord Benyon: First UK nature investment standards launch next week

    12 March 2024

    UK Climate, Environment and Energy minister Richard Benyon told an event that the British Standards Institution (BSI) will launch the first of its principles for nature investment markets next week.

  • SEC stumbles into battleground of climate materiality

    12 March 2024

    Letting companies decide whether emissions are material to their business opens the door for disputes, writes Michael Hurley