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UN and GFI nature finance programme to launch at COP16

A programme to scale up nature restoration finance will be launched at COP16 by the Biodiversity Finance Initiative, the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative and the Green Finance Institute.

Inadequate credit market could worsen biodiversity loss, warns Grantham Institute

Failing to set a up a properly functioning biodiversity credit market and inadequately addressing fundamental problems could worsen nature losses, the Grantham Institute has warned.

Abris rolls-out ESG methodology to 'squeeze out' higher valuations

Private equity firm Abris Capital Partners has introduced a portfolio-wide ESG-linked methodology to enhance valuations from all its holdings by improving and reducing revenues and costs.

Robeco launches its first 'high income green bond strategy'

Asset manager Robeco has launched its first strategy focusing purely on green bonds from corporate issuers.

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European groups exploring adoption of UK Transition Plan Taskforce framework

German and French investor groups have begun preliminary talks to understand how the UK Transition Plan Taskforce (TPT) framework can be used in the European countries, Environmental Finance has learned.

IETA's CAD Trust to begin tracking Article 6

The CAD Trust, a partnership between IETA, the Singapore government and World Bank, is to expand its Article 6 offering, monitoring the carbon markets used to meet national emissions reductions.

Build EU sector-specific standards on ISSB baseline, Faber says

Delays to the introduction of EU sustainability reporting standards gives the bloc an opportunity to base its requirements on the IFRS S1 and S2 standards, the European Commission has heard.

COP16 to drive 'permanent change' for financial institutions, says host

Organisers of COP16 are to make finance a key priority at the upcoming global biodiversity conference, and are looking for the private sector to make "permanent changes" with their nature and biodiversity investments.

First investor expectations on deforestation published

The International Investor Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) and the Finance Sector Deforestation Action (FSDA) has published a 'first-of-its-kind' set of expectations for banks on eliminating deforestation.