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UN adopts 'landmark' natural capital accounting framework
11 March 2021The UN has adopted a "landmark framework" to integrate natural capital in economic reporting, which it says could be used to underpin decision-making at the major international climate and biodiversity conferences later this year.
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Australian EV investor launches AUD100m fundraise
11 March 2021Impact investor TrueGreen plans to raise AUD100 million ($78 million) for its electric vehicle investment division, before publicly listing the division in the next financial year.
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How BMO's impact fund is navigating the EV and renewables 'bubble'
10 March 2021BMO's impact fund has avoided Tesla and identified "cheaper" alternatives that enable it to tap into long-term trends such as the rise of electric vehicles and sustainable nutrition, in the midst of what it says are valuation "bubbles".
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Temasek commits $500m to impact investor LeapFrog
09 March 2021Temasek has committed $500 million to impact investment manager LeapFrog, in what the Singapore state-backed investor said is the largest ever single commitment to an impact investor.
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SDG data launch helps 'next evolution of financial industry' towards impact - Truvalue Labs
09 March 2021Truvalue Labs says the launch of a free data service to analyse companies' contributions to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will support what it says is the "next logical evolution of the financial industry" to make accounting for positive and negative impact a "mainstream" practice.
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Brambles, Danimer among positive biodiversity impact leaders - Federated Hermes
08 March 2021Australian supply chain logistics company Brambles and US biotechnology firm Danimer Scientific have been touted by Federated Hermes as top stocks for their positive impact on biodiversity.
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EFRAG recommends EU sustainability database in reporting 'roadmap'
08 March 2021The European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) has published a 'roadmap for the development of a comprehensive set of EU sustainability reporting standards'.
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IFRS Foundation sets out 'strategic direction' for global sustainability standards
08 March 2021The trustees of the IFRS Foundation have said a prototype climate-related disclosure standard devised last year could be used as the basis for a proposed global sustainability reporting regime, and said they plan to begin work with a group of sustainability-related reporting organisations.
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Triple Point-led digital infra trust launches £400m IPO
08 March 2021Investment trust Digital 9 Infrastructure has launched an initial public offering (IPO) seeking to raise £400 million ($550 million) to invest in data centres, fibre cables and 5G technology.
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Biodiversity COP launches 'finance engagement programme'
05 March 2021The secretariat of the Conference of Parties (COP 15) to the Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) has launched a 'finance engagement programme', which it says could help define a 'roadmap' to help financial institutions implement the CBD's proposed framework.