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Foresight calls for woodland's inclusion in UK ETS
21 February 2024Foresight Sustainable Forestry Company has called for the inclusion of woodland carbon credits in the UK Emissions Trading System (ETS), to help raise prices and encourage land to be switched from agricultural production to afforestation.
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EU one step closer to 'world first' carbon removal certificate
20 February 2024The European Council and Parliament has provisionally agreed to set up a 'first of its kind' carbon removal certification framework, in a bid to give carbon removal projects more credibility.
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Three new biodiversity funds launched in Q4
20 February 2024Three new biodiversity funds were launched in the final quarter of 2023, taking total number to 19, according to research conducted by Environmental Finance.
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Gresham House launches biodiversity credit fund
20 February 2024Gresham House has launched a fund, targeting a £300 million fundraise, which will generate revenues by selling England's new mandatory biodiversity credits.
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The future of eDNA
16 February 2024Data provider NatureMetrics says demand is booming for its eDNA testing. Genevieve Redgrave visits its lab to find out more.
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JETPs suffer from "insufficient new finance"
15 February 2024There are "insufficient quantities" of new finance for Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JETPs), the Rockefeller Foundation has said, warning that the current structure faces "significant challenges".
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Don't rush into exclusionary policies on nature, says Mercer
15 February 2024Mercer has urged investors not to rush into creating exclusionary policies on nature without developing adequate governance or engagement strategies.
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UNEP FI launches guidance for setting ocean targets
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Nature technology becoming a key investment priority, study finds
15 February 2024Nature technology is fast becoming a key investment theme, a study of leading investors has found, which also predicted that nature-based solutions (NBS) are likely to become an asset class in its own right.
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Federated Hermes to 'intensify' engagement on biodiversity
14 February 2024Federated Hermes has said it will "intensify" engagement on biodiversity, as investor and policy pressure to act continues to rise.
- SEC disbands ESG enforcement division
- Decarbonisation investment faces three key challenges, says Ninety One's Cooper
- G20 agrees to bioeconomy principles
- 'Unlikely' potential Transition Loan Principles will launch in 2024
- Electricity versus gas - the devil is in the detail
- Wellington: Time to stop 'annoying' rise of three-year lookback sustainable bonds
- Bloomberg launches transition plan credibility assessments
- Transition plan rules 'should require disclosure of' expected climate impact
- UK Impact market grows to £77bn, with SDR impact label a potential positive
- Sustainable Debt Round-up: IADB, Raizen Energia, Switch ... and more
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Sustainable Debt Americas 2024 conference round-up
20 September 2024Another hugely successful Environmental Finance event in New York highlights the progress that continuous innovation and improvement is providing sustainable debt markets - with plenty more to come. Ahren Lester reports
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Investors must move beyond 'lip service' on biodiversity, says Nuveen
20 September 2024Investors must move beyond "lip service" and actually be willing to look at nature and biodiversity investment opportunities, Nuveen has told an Environmental Finance conference.
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Dow Chemical could issue second green bond in the future
20 September 2024Dow Chemical has not ruled out issuing a second green bond in the future, although any decision will not be made until after the US election in November.
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Brazilian development bank to fund next wave of renewable technology
19 September 2024The Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) wants to fund the next wave of renewable technology in the country, but there is a need for more blended finance, according to Luciana Costa, infrastructure, energy transition and climate change managing director at BNDES.
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Sovereign SLBs challenging due to the nature of the issuer
19 September 2024Sovereigns across the world have embraced the sustainability-linked bond (SLB) instruments, with issuance increasingly being considered, but the nature of sovereigns creates some challenges for investors, the audience at Sustainable Debt Americas 2024 heard.