Genevieve Redgrave

Investors lacking 'maturity' on nature engagement

Investors are increasingly engaging with companies on the subject of natural capital, but they are not yet asking mature questions, a nature coalition told Environmental Finance.

Progress on Article 6.4 ahead of COP28 bodes well for global carbon market

Final recommendations on the rules of the UN's global carbon market have been agreed upon, as last-ditch talks reached a conclusion - just in time to be sent for final approval at COP28.

Alternative data analysis to help identify greenwashing, says Amundi

Alternative data analysis techniques and emerging technologies will help asset managers identify greenwashing, Amundi has predicted.

Global plastics treaty negotiations laying ground for mandatory disclosures

As the third round of negotiations for a Global Plastics Treaty comes to a close, draft texts show "encouraging" signs more widespread mandatory plastics disclosures are on the horizon for financial institutions and corporates, CDP has said.

Singapore regulator launches Microsoft Chat GPT-powered ESG data platform

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has launched an ESG data platform, which will use Chat GPT and other artificial intelligence (AI) tools to simplify ESG data collection and reporting, and is expected to be particularly useful for small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs).

TNFD disclosures will drive biodiversity fund growth, says MSCI

Biodiversity funds are not yet seeing "mass market" interest from large institutional investors, but the rise of standardised nature-related disclosure means product demand is likely to grow, MSCI has said.

Biodiversity credit market 'can't become a distraction' from tackling biodiversity loss

The biodiversity credit market "can't become a distraction" from action to halt biodiversity loss, environmental market experts have said, as they raised concerns over a lack of clarity on the market's purpose.

TNFD mulls creation of nature data 'standard'

A public data utility being developed by the Taskforce for Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) might take the form of a common standard for nature data rather than an open-source platform like that being developed for climate, its chair has suggested.

UK 'committed' to nature targets, despite climate rowback

Nature reporting 'actually not complicated', companies tell TNFD