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Making nature data open to all

The TNFD's proposed open data 'facility' has been welcomed by data providers, but the key issue of how it will be funded is yet to be resolved. Genevieve Redgrave reports

Scope 3 emissions are 'Loch Ness monster of sustainability reporting'

The low levels of Scope 3 emissions reporting despite its importance to investors for climate risk assessment has made it the "Loch Ness monster" of sustainability reporting, an Environmental Finance event has heard.

Nature data - overwhelmingly complex, but a need-to-know

Amid rapidly growing demand for nature data, changing investor requirements and artificial intelligence will shift the market, writes Genevieve Redgrave

Disappointing progress in tackling plastic despite solutions, says Iceberg Data Lab

Tackling plastics is an "achievable transformation" for the economy, but given solutions are readily available, the limited progress made so far has been "disappointing", Iceberg Data Lab has said.

"Concerted effort" needed to move away from plastic, says Iceberg Data Lab

A "concerted effort" by the financial sector is needed to halt the impact of plastic on the environment and its role as a driver of deforestation, Iceberg Data Lab has said.

Iceberg Data calls for standards for deforestation commodities

Natural Capital Investment Americas - next week in New York City

Environmental Finance's inaugural Natural Capital Americas conference arrives in New York City next week.

'Food waste transition' key to reversing biodiversity loss, says Iceberg Data Lab

The 'food waste transition' is to biodiversity what the energy transition is to climate, according to Iceberg Data Lab, which called for the topic to be integrated into decision making by financial institutions

Exclusive: ERAFP, Generali & Banque de France Gestion to use Iceberg biodiversity data

Asset owners ERAFP, Generali and Banque de France Gestion have selected Iceberg Data Lab to provide information on climate and biodiversity-related impacts and dependencies, Environmental Finance has learned.

A first stab: French institutions try to calculate their biodiversity footprints

As French financial institutions for the first time estimate the scale of their impacts on nature, the numbers look bleak - but not comparable. Thomas Cox writes