Genevieve Redgrave

SBTN releases nature target setting guidance

Voluntary carbon market needs to 'push down the doors of big corporates' on waste

Amidst growing investor demand for voluntary carbon credits linked to waste projects, GRAIN Ecosystem has told Environmental Finance that more needs to be done to "push down the doors" of big corporates to help scale up the market.

US, Indonesia agree $35m debt for nature swap

The US and Indonesia have agreed on a $35 million debt-for-nature swap, focused on coral reef conservation.

Verra considering methodology swaps

If requantification is approved by Verra, then any buyer holding credits from that project would have the option to have their units also requantified under the new methodology.

Principal launches global sustainable food and biodiversity fund

Principal Asset Management has launched a food and biodiversity fund to invest in the growing number of impact opportunities in the agriculture sector.

UK sovereign wealth fund aims to crowd-in £20bn of private capital

The UK government has confirmed plans to launch a sovereign wealth fund, with aims to attract £20 billion ($26 billion) of private funding towards green infrastructure.

'Stronger businesses case' needed for nature investments in India, says WEF

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

Major NGOs denounce SBTi offset plans

The debate about whether the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) should allow for the use of offsets within transition plans has continued, with NGOs and indigenous groups on different sides of the argument.

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

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