Thomas Cox

Global market for biodiversity 'unlikely', investor says

Biodiversity will remain a niche area of investment, as developing a global market for it is "unlikely" to happen, an executive at Nordis Capital has said.

UK financial institutions 'much more' engaged with TNFD than corporates

UK-based financial institutions have shown "much more engagement" with developing the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) recommendations than corporates,...

TPG's Anew Climate to invest up to $640m in Terra Global

US central bank will not be a 'climate policymaker', chair says

The US central bank should not address climate change unless it is given a specific mandate to do so, US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell has said.

Insurers reconsidering coverage of catastrophe risk in US

RBC: Carbon markets can drive nature investment

Carbon markets can play a "big role" in driving capital towards nature-positive projects, an executive at Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) has said.

My first biodiversity COP

Thomas Cox provides a snapshot of a day at the COP15 conference in Montreal

COP15: JGP-WWF blended agroforest fund to target R$220 million

A forest restoration fund with a target of raising R$220 million ($41 million) by the end of its first year will be co-managed by JGP Asset Management and World Wildlife Fund (WWF), it was announced at COP15.

GRI begins 'major update' to biodiversity standard

TPI reveals food companies not aligned with 1.5°C

The medium-term greenhouse gas emissions targets of food producer giants Kraft Heinz and Mondelez are not aligned with a pathway...