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OECD adviser criticises investors' "limited span of concentration" on nature
12 June 2024A member of the OECD's advisory council has criticised "big capital" for its unwillingness to properly engage with nature, alleging that most want overly simple investment options.
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Agriculture investments "forcing nature to its knees"
12 June 2024The impact of food systems is the "biggest problem in the world", according to Ocean 14 Capital's Chris Gorell Barnes, who urged investors and policymakers to step back from damaging industry practices.
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Head of Green Finance Institute calls for 'forceful stewardship'
12 June 2024The head of the UK's Green Finance Institute has called on investors to be "forceful" in their engagement with companies.
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'Orange bonds will have their day,' says Fidelity
12 June 2024Fidelity International (FIL) said 'orange' social bonds focused on financing gender equality finance are "currently uninvestible," but the $800 billion asset manager is looking closely into them and believes their "will have their day" in the sustainable fixed income market.
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Verra suspends account following Brazil greenwashing investigation
11 June 2024Verra has taken the "extraordinary action" of temporarily suspending an account as Brazil's Operation Greenwashing alleged a criminal organisation was suspected of selling BRL180 million ($33.6 million) in carbon credits.
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Biodiversity and carbon credits "poised for massive expansion"
11 June 2024The biodiversity and carbon credit markets are "poised for massive expansion", but more needs to be done to connect the two mechanisms and utilise their co-benefits, the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) has said.
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EU elections show need for better climate policymaking, fund manager says
11 June 2024The success of far-right political parties in elections for the European Parliament shows the need for policymakers to craft more practical and less complex climate policies, one fund manager has said.
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Candriam looking to expand outside of "traditional" water investments
11 June 2024Candriam has told Environmental Finance it plans to invest outside of "traditional" water sectors to meet the growing number of challenges posed by the water crisis, and how it plans to leverage artificial intelligence to "differentiate" from its peers
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Issuers must be encouraged to kick-start blue bond market, says Fidelity
11 June 2024Fidelity International (FIL) said "obvious" marine and water-focused issuers must be encouraged by investors to enter the blue bond market to energise the market, adding that 'blue' projects exist but are not grouped together enough.
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General Atlantic's BeyondNetZero acquires significant stake in SDCL
11 June 2024Private equity giant General Atlantic has acquired a 24.9% shareholding in Sustainable Development Capital (SDCL), having invested an undisclosed sum from its climate growth fund, BeyondNetZero.
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