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Gold Standard expanding nature coverage
22 October 2024Gold Standard will soon begin piloting labelling requirements for nature-based solutions and is developing a raft of guidance on nature projects.
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WEF urges against 'oversimplified and misleading' biodiversity credit claims
22 October 2024The World Economic Forum (WEF) has urged businesses not to make oversimplified and misleading claims about their use of biodiversity credits within nature action plans.
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COP16 kicks off with calls for 'significant investment'
21 October 2024COP16 has kicked off in Colombia, with urgent demands for private capital to be committed to nature protection and restoration by the end of the conference.
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Supply chain opacity hinders understanding of nature risks, says DWS
21 October 2024An "alarming" lack of interaction between companies and their supply chains is hindering the assessment and management of nature risks, DWS has warned, as it urged investors to engage with portfolio companies on the issue.
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Sustainability assurance a 'huge opportunity' for auditors, says EIB
18 October 2024Sustainability assurance presents auditors with a "huge opportunity", but investment is needed to improve current capabilities, the European Investment Bank has told an Environmental Finance conference.
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BNP Paribas AM 'still exploring whether MSA can be used to steer investments'
18 October 2024BNP Paribas Asset Management has told an Environmental Finance conference that it is "not ready" to use mean species abundance (MSA) to steer its investments, and currently in the process of making sure its nature data strategy is "fit for purpose".
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Caution urged over companies' nature-positive claims
18 October 2024It 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.
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Manulife IM: There's a long way to go on nature data
18 October 2024Manulife is beginning to look for new nature investment opportunities but has told Environmental Finance why it is rejecting the use of large datasets and nature footprinting.
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Nestlé: We need to set 'reasonable boundaries' on transparency of nature data
17 October 2024"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.
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Only 29 countries deliver national biodiversity plans ahead of COP16 deadline
16 October 2024Just 29 out of almost 200 countries have submitted their National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs), ahead of the COP16 deadline, organisers have revealed.