New blue bond strategy set to boost emerging markets
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and T. Rowe Price (NASDAQ:TROW) are collaborating to create a new strategy to support the expansion of blue bonds.
Marine ecosystems
Earthshot Prize: green batteries, carbon credits among 2023 winners
At a ceremony in Singapore, five winners were awarded the £1 million prize to scale environmental solutions technologies.
AI can help us restore the health of our oceans
Stig Martin Fiskå, global head of ocean at Cognizant, explores how companies in ocean-based industries can use technology and harness innovation.
Great Barrier Reef: irreversible impacts highlight need to think beyond net zero
A new report by the Australian Academy of Science urged to address the impacts of climate change on the Great Barrier Reef, highlighting the need for both governments and companies to think beyond net zero.
Deep-sea mining does not get green light in international meeting
The latest International Seabed Authority (ISA) meeting did not allow for the controversial practice of deep-sea mining, although it has not been banned yet.
Human rights issues in seafood value chains pose major legal risk
A new report from environmental law firm Client Earth highlights how key seafood products frequently found on our supermarket shelves may be linked with major human rights impacts and severe environmental degradation – meaning European companies and investors could face significant legal liabilities.
MAM launches fund for SDG14 as Monaco supports new climate leaders
The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation and Monaco Asset Management (MAM) unveiled the governance outline of the ReOcean Fund, a private equity fund dedicated to SDG 14, Life below Water.
UK climate failings, biodiversity needs funding and SLLs open to question
The UK’s climate strategy was a focus last week, with the Climate Change Committee (CCC) warning that the UK is looking set to miss its net zero target. The news that Environment Minister Zac Goldsmith resigned is also a concern, especially because he said it was due to the fact that the current government isn’t taking climate change seriously, talking of ‘government apathy’. The outgoing head of the CCC said the country has lost leadership in the climate fight. Given the approval of new oil and gas, as well as a new coal mine, it is hard to argue.
Unleashing the power of impact investing for the SDGs
Durreen Shahnaz, chief executive and founder of Impact Investment Exchange (IIX) and author of The Defiant Optimist, writes about the interconnectedness of impact investing and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
UK and France biodiversity framework in support of GBF
The UK has joined forces with France in an attempt to mobilise nature finance through the launch of a Global Roadmap that will help companies in supporting nature's recovery.