October 2024 – Sustainable and Impact Bonds

“Farmland LP’s use of regenerative agriculture practices to ensure healthy soils, and therefore high-quality soil carbon credits, is a critical element of advancing nature-based carbon removal solutions. We’re excited to invest in their fund and work with them to create a more sustainable agriculture sector.” said Erika Basham, director of Microsoft’s Climate Innovation Fund.

FLINTpro, a nature analytics firm that provides compliance and financial risk assessment products for companies regulated by land use and climate protocols, has launched its Global Biodiversity Module. It offers analysis of the potential impacts of human and industrial activities on nature and the risks associated with their dependencies on ecosystems.

The Finance for Biodiversity Foundation, UNEP FI and UNDP will host a Finance and Biodiversity Pavilion at the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP16). To meet a growing interest from the finance sector, the pavilion will serve as a central hub to discuss the alignment of financial flows with the goals and targets of the Global Biodiversity Framework.

A cumulative volume of $5.1 trillion in green, social, sustainability, sustainability-linked bonds, and transition bonds (collectively GSS+) has been recorded by the Climate Bonds Initiative as of June 30th of this year. Aligned with CBI’s dataset methodologies and best practice, the findings are detailed in the Sustainable Debt Market Summary H1 2024 with a breakdown of labelled bond markets.