ANALYSIS: Corporate action on nature following shareholder proposals doubles in 2025

Published 15:28 on May 15, 2025  /  Last updated at 15:28 on May 15, 2025  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, Australia, Biodiversity, US

Many more corporations have voluntarily acted on nature this year following a steady stream of nature-related shareholder proposals, despite growing US opposition to environmental action. 

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Natural capital investor grows assets by a quarter

Published 00:01 on May 15, 2025  /  Last updated at 16:56 on May 14, 2025  / /  Americas, Australia, Biodiversity, EMEA, Nature-based, Voluntary

A US-headquartered global investor specialising in regenerative agriculture and forestry announced on Thursday that its assets under management grew by 24% last year.

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Natural capital accounting can assess biodiversity offset policies, study says

Published 12:39 on May 13, 2025  /  Last updated at 12:39 on May 13, 2025  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia, Biodiversity

Natural capital accounting (NCA) can be used to help assess the effectiveness of biodiversity offset policies, while providing a pathway towards an international standard of reporting, a study of an Australian region has said.

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INTERVIEW: Mexican carbon pilot seeks to generate biodiversity credits

Published 13:40 on May 12, 2025  /  Last updated at 14:15 on May 12, 2025  / /  Americas, Biodiversity, Mexico, Nature-based, South & Central, Voluntary

A reforestation initiative in Mexico with a seed bank is looking to generate voluntary biodiversity credits stacked with carbon units across 10,000 hectares, Carbon Pulse has learned.

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UK government says overhaul of nature laws based on limited data

Published 14:25 on May 8, 2025  /  Last updated at 14:25 on May 8, 2025  / /  Biodiversity, EMEA

A UK government impact assessment has said its previously announced plans to overhaul environmental rules and introduce a system centralised around a Nature Restoration Fund (NRF) lack data to underpin them.

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UK politicians urge government to squash biodiversity net gain uncertainty

Published 12:57 on May 7, 2025  /  Last updated at 12:57 on May 7, 2025  / /  Biodiversity, EMEA

A committee of UK politicians has urged the government to stamp out speculation that it is uncertain about its commitment to its biodiversity net gain (BNG) policy.

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INTERVIEW: Nature Positive Initiative launches global metrics pilot

Published 00:01 on May 7, 2025  /  Last updated at 16:31 on May 6, 2025  / /  Biodiversity, EMEA, International

The influential Nature Positive Initiative (NPI) on Wednesday launched a pilot of its draft metrics for businesses and financial institutions in a bid to enable the measuring of progress towards nature positive.

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Mirova engages in biodiversity campaign with up to 20 companies

Published 11:57 on May 6, 2025  /  Last updated at 11:57 on May 6, 2025  / /  Biodiversity, EMEA

France-based asset manager Mirova has launched an engagement campaign on biodiversity disclosures targeting up to 20 European companies in an initiative it hopes to scale up over time.

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Banks in Africa, Latin America lagging behind Asia in addressing nature loss, WWF says

Published 14:02 on May 1, 2025  /  Last updated at 14:02 on May 1, 2025  / /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Biodiversity

Commercial banks in Africa and Latin America are trailing behind their Asian counterparts in action to address nature loss, WWF said on Wednesday.

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EU biodiversity credits will be used for offsetting, MEP predicts

Published 10:38 on May 1, 2025  /  Last updated at 10:38 on May 1, 2025  / /  Biodiversity, EMEA

Biodiversity credits in the EU will be used for offsetting rather than for nature-positive benefits, as a way of enabling developer impacts, an MEP has predicted.

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