Thomas Cox

Clarity AI and GIST plan biodiversity impact assessment tool

Pleas for EU to delay taxonomy reporting or risk poor disclosures

Investors and businesses have asked the EU Commission to delay taxonomy reporting requirements for eligible activities against the four new objectives.

KKR Impact buys data centre cooling firm CoolIT

KKR's Impact strategy has agreed to buy data centre cooling company CoolIT, in a deal expected to close in the second quarter of this year for an unspecified sum.

Aviva concerned about lack of chemicals in EU taxonomy

Aviva Investors has "material concerns" about the absence of chemicals in the draft extension to the EU taxonomy of sustainable activities.

LGIM 'to vote against 100 companies on deforestation'

Legal and General Investment Management (LGIM) expects to vote against the chairs of 100 companies for not having deforestation policies this year, an executive has said.

Companies 'not ready' for reporting on biodiversity, Sustainalytics says

Companies are not ready to report on biodiversity despite looming risks, with implications for investors, a Sustainalytics researcher has said.

Folium Capital agriculture and forestry fund targets $500m

'Revolutionary' WWF, Finance Earth fisheries fund targets catalysing $100m

Investors 'left to fend for themselves' amid lack of social guidance

The sustainable finance market is "being left to fend for itself" when it comes to identifying material social metrics, an Environmental Finance conference heard.

Pollination pitches tax to scale biodiversity credit market

Governments could impose a tax on corporates that are harming nature, as a way of fostering biodiversity credit markets, Pollination has said.