Thomas Cox

Australia needs policy change to tackle 'critical risks to natural capital', says Pollination

Significant changes in government policy and business practice are required to address Australia's "critical" natural capital risks, Pollination has said.

Biodiversity credits 'could be bigger than voluntary carbon'

Biodiversity credits have the potential to follow the growth of the voluntary carbon markets, and could become a mass market in two or three years, a fund manager has claimed.

HSBC: COP15 will see more green bonds focus on biodiversity

Green bonds will increasingly focus on biodiversity as a result of the forthcoming biodiversity COP, HSBC Global Research has predicted.

SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust aims to raise £100m

Bond round-up: ING, ESRF, Clairant, Compartamos Banco...

FSA flags issues with climate risk pilot

Financial institutions need to enhance the methodology behind pilot scenario analysis, Japan's Financial Services Agency (FSA) has said.

Affirmative to be integrated into MetLife following acquisition

Sustainability bonds specialist Affirmative Investment Management (AIM) has been bought by the asset management arm of US insurer MetLife and will be integrated into its new owner.

$3.7trn water risk to US, research says

Natural asset companies: on firm ground?

The US SEC will consider the concept of turning conservation areas into public companies, writes Thomas Cox

Abrdn: EU Taxonomy social proposals could have 'drastic' impact

Proposals on 'minimum safeguards' for human rights issues from the advisory body for the EU Taxonomy of sustainable activities could have "drastic" effects in further narrowing the number of investments that can be deemed 'sustainable', an executive at Abrdn has said.