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Blue Finance, Nature, NCFA, News | 15 October 2020

Eric Usher of the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative and Corli Pretorius of the UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre say banks should urgently set targets for financing the protection of nature in the critical next decade in the same way that many have set climate targets

Blue Finance, Nature, News | 25 September 2020

Efforts to establish a Task Force on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) have today passed an important milestone with the announcement of an Informal Working Group (IWG) comprising some of the world’s biggest banks, investors and companies, as well as governments and regulatory bodies.

Banking, Blue Finance, Insurance, Investment, Nature | 13 August 2020

Join banks, insurers and investors committed to ocean health by becoming a signatory to the Sustainable Blue Economy Finance Principles.

Blue Finance, Nature, News | 30 June 2020

New research published today shines a spotlight on the urgent need for financial sector action on biodiversity. The report highlights the need for banks, investors and insurers to set firm targets to reduce biodiversity loss, starting with nine critical sectors where financial players are exposed through their loans, investments or underwriting activities.

Blue Finance, Insurance, Nature, Pollution & Circular Economy, Publications | 28 November 2019

Plastic is an increasingly high-profile threat to our climate, ocean, wildlife and human health as it becomes widespread both in…

Blue Finance, Insurance, Nature, Publications | 28 October 2019

World Heritage Sites are recognised for their unparalleled beauty, global significance and/or biological diversity and the important economic, social and…

Blue Finance, Nature, News | 07 May 2019

Few weeks pass without scientists reporting new knowledge of how badly humans are treating our planet, and the consequences for…

Blue Finance, Nature, NCFA, News | 29 April 2019

Just days after the French and UK central banks issued an urgent warning that climate change constitutes an existential threat…

Blue Finance, Insurance, Publications | 13 March 2019

Pirate fishing—also known as illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing—exposes insurers to legal, financial and reputational risks, but also puts…

Banking, Blue Finance, Nature, NCFA, News | 19 February 2019

When Madeleine Ronquest attended the Johannesburg launch of an innovative guide designed to help banks assess their exposure to environmental degradation, a…