Global investors urge companies to disclose nature-related impacts
Global investors representing $1.4 trillion in assets under management have called on companies they invest in to urgently disclose their nature-related impacts and address related dependencies.
Read MoreUK fund could quadruple its habitat banks over next two years
Executives at the Evergreen Fund have said they could almost quadruple the land in English habitat banks generating biodiversity net gain (BNG) over the next couple of years up to around 400 hectares, if demand increases, Carbon Pulse has learned.
Read MoreS&P sees global carbon markets picking up ‘in all scenarios’
While carbon markets are helping to stem global warming, even a “very strong” energy transformation scenario would only limit global temperature rise to 2.4C, analysts said at a webinar this week.
Read MoreCarbon removals are expensive but essential, finds report
Corporate financing of carbon removals will be crucial to keeping aligned with Paris Agreement commitments but they are not being deployed at the speed and scale necessary, a working paper from a UK university has argued.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Bioeconomy can help biodiversity credit developers in the Amazon survive lack of demand
Implementing a ‘bioeconomy’ approach on biodiversity credit project areas in the Amazon could help developers stay afloat at a time when demand for units has yet to pick up, the founder of a Brazil-based nature tech company has told Carbon Pulse.
Read MoreWorld Bank arm invests $60 mln to decarbonise Indonesia’s second largest steel producer
The World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) has provided a loan of $60 million to the second largest steel producer in Indonesia in order to help the firm transition to low-carbon production and drive sector-wide decarbonisation.
Read MoreFintech startup ties up with Dubai marketplace to sell asset class carbon credits
A startup focused on exchange-traded carbon investments has tied up with a Dubai-headquartered e-marketplace firm to offer voluntary credits to its clients.
Read MoreBrazilian startup releases pre-print biodiversity credit methodology for endangered species
A Brazilian startup released on Wednesday the first version of its biodiversity credit methodology for endangered species, predominantly focused on plants, after implementing a two-month trial on a small private land area.
Read MoreJapan provides $93 bln to support global oil and gas projects over past decade, study says
Japanese public financial institutions provided a staggering $93 billion in support for overseas oil and gas projects over the last decade, four times larger than that provided for clean energy projects, a report has found.
Read MoreInvestors ask chemical company to avoid wetland mining
Some 20 investors managing $695 billion in assets collectively have asked a chemical company to avoid mining a wetland in the US for titanium, in a letter on Tuesday.
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