Impact
Rest allocates $150m to Australian climate investor Wollemi Capital
The Australian super fund’s backing will help Wollemi launch its first managed vehicle
How can investors meet the 2025 deforestation deadline?
Jeff Milder, director of the Accountability Framework initiative (AFi), explores how financial institutions can engage their portfolios to tackle GHG emissions linked to deforestation in company supply chains
“Unprecedented” private market demand for nature-based solutions
Investors are tapping into a once-in-a-generation wave to drive decarbonisation and halt biodiversity loss, AXA IM claims
Growing returns: West Yorkshire’s Darran Ward on cultivating natural capital investments
The head of alternatives for WYPF explains why the fund is investing not only in forestry but also nature-based infrastructure solutions, sustainable agriculture, restoration and biodiversity projects.
Reflections COP16 - the role of empathy in nature-based investments
Leanne Clements, head of Responsible Investment at People’s Partnership reflects on her experience at COP16, examining the difficult trade-offs that come with investments in nature-based solutions
Barbados completes debt-for-climate swap to address water shortages
The government of Barbados has successfully completed its first debt-for-climate swap aimed at making the island nation more resilient to climate change
Can the $300bn COP29 NQCG pledge crowd in $1trn of investments?
COP29 concluded after more than 30 hours of delay, with a last-minute pledge to commit $300bn annually to climate finance over the next decade. But will this commitment be enough to attract an additional $1trn from private investors each year?
Why nature and renewables are inextricably linked
Zara Rourke, ecologist at Bluefield, outlines why the maintaining biodiversity plays a crucial role in the firm’s management of renewables assets.
NZI with Mona - COP 29 with Olga Hancock
Net Zero Investor editor Mona Dohle sits down with Olga Hancock, co-lead for the policy workstream at Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance and head of Responsible Investment at Church Commissioners for England in Baku to discuss how investors can tackle climate change.
A drop in the ocean: scaling up the blue bonds market
Approximately 71% of the earth’s surface is covered by water, yet bonds designed to support marine conservation are so far only a small segment of the fixed income market, how can it be scaled up?
How does biodiversity finance feature at COP 16?
Implementing the Global Biodiversity Framework is high on the agenda in Cali
Balancing speed and impact: Aon’s Jo Sharples on net zero targets for DC
With net zero targets set, Aon's CIO for DC Solutions Jo Sharples discusses the need for real impact over symbolic actions and explains the potential of private markets to accelerate the transition