Biodiversity credit markets: what are next the next steps?
Environment Bank’s Emma Toovey talks about how voluntary markets can avoid the mistakes of the carbon market and why asset owners would buy credits
Biodiversity
Smart Pension’s Fiona Smith: “We’re looking to make a positive biodiversity impact”
Pension funds don’t need to sacrifice returns to achieve a positive impact argues Smart Pension's Fiona Smith
Setting a nature price: how does this work in practice?
If the targets set out in the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework are to be realised, investors could soon face some far reaching policy changes
How to navigate the changing landscape of biodiversity investing
Investor interest in biodiversity is gaining traction, what are the main strategies to gain exposure to this rapidly evolving asset class?
EU doubles down on circular economy
Meeting biodiversity and climate goals “won’t be possible” without a transition to a circular economy, the European Commission said, but the bloc still has some way to make investment accessible
Trustee Network Roundtable: nature positive investments and natural capital
Net Zero Investor’s Trustee Network Roundtable on nature positive investments and natural capital hosted by Nuveen brought together five experienced trustees to discuss how investors can integrate nature positive investments into their portfolios
How to scale up nature-based solutions
Institutional interest in natural capital is growing but it still accounts for only a fraction of funds committed to restoring nature. How can funding be scaled up?
COP 28: Overcoming risk is key to unlocking climate-nature investment
Transforming the way risk is both perceived and managed will boost institutional capital flows into nature positive projects, investors say
Anna-Stina Wiklund: ‘How we integrate biodiversity criteria across asset classes’
Anna-Stina Wiklund, head of responsible investing at Finland’s €1.8bn Church Pension Fund outlines how the fund applies biodiversity criteria across all asset classes to support its net zero by 2035 target
How to manage deforestation risk
Deforestation is not only terrible for climate and biodiversity, but also poses financial risk to investors
Investors and biodiversity: Young love, new challenges
Investors continue to struggle with integrating biodiversity in their decision-making process
Timberland is increasingly on the radar of natural capital investors
Forestry is currently dominating the natural capital conversation for institutional investors looking at this emerging asset class
Most institutional investors still lack deforestation policy
The amount of capital flowing into deforestation dwarves positive investments, despite the key role forests play in tackling climate change