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Biodiversity and climate targeted in ABP's €30bn impact investment pledge
06 March 2024Dutch pension fund ABP has identified climate and biodiversity solutions as key themes of a €30 billion impact investment drive.
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Netherlands central bank first to carry out LEAP assessment
05 March 2024De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB), the Netherlands central bank, has become the first central bank to carry out a LEAP (Locate, Evaluate, Assess and Prepare) assessment.
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Cibus Capital raises $600m for food and agriculture funds
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2024 seeing a 'wave of optimism' for nature investments, says New Forests
04 March 2024Following difficulties fundraising last year, 2024 has started with a "wave of optimism", New Forests said, as it continues to expand its client base and move into new regions.
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Biodiversity funds 'still struggling to convince investors'
04 March 2024Greater reporting on nature could increase flows into listed equity impact strategies, fund managers told Genevieve Redgrave.
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Biodiversity funds underperform benchmarks in 2023
29 February 2024The growing universe of biodiversity funds generally posted positive returns in 2023, but active funds lagged their benchmarks. Genevieve Redgrave reports.
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'Appalling inaction' on deforestation by BlackRock, Vanguard, Wells Fargo
28 February 2024BlackRock, Vanguard and Wells Fargo have been accused of "appalling inaction" on deforestation by NGO Global Canopy, which criticised the lack of policies and continued financing of deforestation over the past decade.
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European Parliament passes 'world first' nature restoration law
28 February 2024Investors have welcomed the European Parliament passing the "world first" Nature Restoration Law, calling it a "watershed" moment for a nature-positive economy.
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S&P launches two biodiversity benchmarks
27 February 2024S&P Dow Jones Indices has launched two biodiversity benchmarks, tracking a subset of equities within the S&P 500 and S&P Global LargeMidCap indices.
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Biodiversity funds top $1 billion for first time
27 February 2024Biodiversity fund assets topped $1 billion for the first time in 2023, but the majority of funds in the universe remain small.