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.
In this article, Rights CoLab and Oxfam America address the various risks that inequality can present for investors. Their recent report. The Investor Case for Fighting Inequality: How Inequality Harms Investors and What Investors Should Do About It, introduces the topic and outlining companies\’ contributions to inequality. It highlights efforts of investors that are already addressing the risks, many as part of their fiduciary duty.
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.
When sailing your portfolio into the future, would you want a top-heavy boat? Or a boat that is stable through the waves of future risks? “Green bonds,” “social bonds,” and “sustainability bonds” – bring comfort to impact investors. Yet, are all those bonds safe for the next 30 years? HIP has evaluated over 11K bonds that bring solutions like reducing pollution, delivering cleaner water, spurring more affordable housing, or bringing climate action forward to society as well as to your portfolio.
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Praxis Impact Bond Fund, which gives a wide variety of investors access to a broadly diversified core bond portfolio with a focus on green, social and other types of impact bonds. Over the years, the fund’s appeal has broadened from faith-based investors to include sustainability and social-impact focused investors. Its assets have grown from $11 million in 1994 at the fund’s inception to nearly $1 billion today.
This practical article is excerpted from the book “What\’s Possible: Investing Now for Prosperous and Sustainable Neighborhoods,” a collaboration of Enterprise Community Partners, LISC and the New York Fed. What’s Possible offers a variety of impactful solutions for clean energy, resilience, and equity. It’s intended as a playbook for taking collective action to build a stronger and more inclusive future for all.
Over the last 25 years of investing in impact bonds, we have learned the value of looking beyond labelled green, social and sustainability (GSS) bonds where investors can access a wider range of opportunities to generate positive environmental and social outcomes while pursuing attractive risk-adjusted returns. However, navigating this marketplace requires a nuanced understanding of innovative security structures, evolving standards and project-level impact assessment.
Ms. Samuelrich joins the ranks of venture capitalists, wealth managers, philanthropists and others on the 4th annual list that celebrates women who are pioneers in their fields, leveraging their age and experience as tools for success. The thousands of nominations were narrowed down to 200 finalists in four categories of impact, innovation, investment and lifestyle.
Opportunity Finance Network, the nation’s leading investment intermediary and network of CDFIs, will receive an award from the U.S. EPA to finance the clean energy transition in low-income and underinvested communities. The grant marks a pivotal step forward in OFN’s commitment to addressing the climate crisis, advancing environmental justice, and increasing access to capital.
