Voluntary corporate disclosures often ‘insufficient’ to address nature-related risks, study says
‘Well-intentioned’ initiatives such as the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) recommendations often fail to provide stakeholders with decision-useful information, as companies tend to highlight their sustainability successes rather than nature-related risks, found a study published on Monday.
Read MoreManaging overfishing among the most effective strategies to mitigate climate change, study says
Halting overfishing can make a huge difference in tackling climate change, as the practice poses significant threats to the ocean’s ability to store CO2 and preserve ecosystems, a study released on Tuesday has shown.
Read MoreRainforest Alliance, Swiss firm team up to scale sustainable farming in Kenya
Non-profit Rainforest Alliance and a Switzerland-based advisory company have announced a partnership to boost investments towards conservation efforts among Mount Kenya’s farming communities.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Biodiversity space isn’t ready for AI due to data gaps, expert says
The biodiversity data gap must be closed before we start talking about using artificial intelligence (AI) in conservation work, as we don’t have the infrastructure for training the machine-learning models yet, a data expert told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreCompanies seek the ‘early mover advantage’ when investing in biodiversity, KPMG says
Competitive advantages arising from being early movers in biodiversity finance are among the main drivers for businesses considering investments in nature, accounting firm KPMG has said.
Read MoreDeveloper plans to sell first Peruvian biodiversity credits by the end of the year, French fund to buy
A France-headquartered nature-based project developer is piloting biodiversity credits in a large area in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest to boost funding towards conservation efforts, as it expects the first transactions to happen by the end of the year.
Read MoreClosing the nature finance gap could produce over 20 times return on investment, UNEP says
Increasing funding in natural capital over the next six years could deliver more than 20 times the return on investment, while bridging the nature finance gap could generate trillions of dollars in earnings, a report revealed on Wednesday.
Read MoreGovernments must leverage private sector’s interest in nature to take action on biodiversity, study says
Government-led mandatory schemes and voluntary market-based instruments must be combined to effectively protect biodiversity, a study published Tuesday said, calling on countries to harness the private sector’s growing interest in engaging on nature positive.
Read MoreDevelopers team up to scale nature-based solutions in Latin America, eye biodiversity credits
French and Peru-based developers of nature-based solution projects have partnered to scale up reforestation, afforestation, and agroforestry initiatives in Latin America, aiming to generate both carbon and biodiversity credits.
Read MoreEU biodiversity negotiator urges companies to increase engagement ahead of COP16
Companies should ramp up their efforts in monitoring and reporting their biodiversity impacts rather than wait for a regulatory framework to be established, the EU lead negotiator for the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) has said.
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