World Bank and Citi launch $100mn plastic credits bond - Bond will fund recycling projects in Ghana and Indonesia that generate offset credits: ft.com/content/c010df… Susanne Schmitt Alexandria Fisher Jessica Smith SEI Research TNFD Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻 Dr Efi Pylarinou Global Environment Facility (GEF)

GEF Council approves $1.1 billion and sets plans for biodiversity fund: thegef.org/newsroom/news/… TNFD Global Canopy Susanne Schmitt Alexandria Fisher

Deep sea mining should be a no go for the financial sector - and without loans or investments, deep sea mining will not get off the ground, Triodos Bank investment manager writes #StopDeepSeaMining triodos-im.com/articles/2024/…

21 universities, led by Cambridge University & managing over £5bn, have announced they are looking for a fossil free bank.​ ​ This comes after Leeds uni said they would dump Barclays UK over the bank's ties with the fossil fuel industry 🔥​ ​ ft.com/content/6c1dd9…

TNFD is seeking feedback on guidance and metrics for financial institutions real economy sectors, and discussion papers on footprinting methodologies and advanced scenario analysis: tnfd.global/tnfd-publicati… Global Canopy NatureFinance gj Alexandria Fisher Susanne Schmitt

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BREAKING: @Lloydsbank NatWest Group caught pumping 💰 into company behind Rosebank oil field 💀 Financing new fossil fuels lock us into climate disaster and makes a mockery of the banks’ climate commitments They have the chance to become leaders: drop Ithaca now! Make My Money Matter

BREAKING NEWS‼️ RiverActionUK has found alarmingly high levels of dangerous E.coli from #sewagepollution along the stretch of the Thames that will be used for this weekend's historic Oxford v Cambridge boat race🤯 Read more 👉bit.ly/DangerousEcoli… #TheBoatRace #sewagescandal

Really enjoying Bloomberg Labs. Super useful deep dive on the biodiversity credit demand. sgradeckas.substack.com/?r=2j0ptm

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Ships smuggling Russian oil spotted in satellite images by AI newscientist.com/article/242774…

Did you know that on average, UK pensions invest £20bn in Shell? 🤯 Want to change this?👇 Join the Make My Money Matter movement to make sure that your pension isn’t supporting fossil fuel expansion: makemymoneymatter.co.uk/pensions/

Multimodal insights: The future of spatial finance in the epoch of generative AI: communities.springernature.com/posts/spatial-…

Westminster may be gripped by election fever now, but in other news tomorrow Ofwat will be deciding if greedy & failing water companies can hike bills by up to 91%. I joined nearly 40 MPs across parties calling on Ofwat to reject their outrageous demand. theguardian.com/business/artic…

The deep sea is a potential gold mine – so long as we don’t mine it theconversation.com/the-deep-sea-i… via The Conversation

PRB Sector Action Guidance for Nature: Getting Started in the Agricultural, Forestry, and Mining Sectors brighttalk.com/webcast/17290/… Sector Action Guidance for Nature: Getting Started in the Agricultural, Forestry, and Mining Sectors&via=BrightTALK

In support of CBD COP16, UNEP Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) today releases PRB Sector Action Guidance for #Nature. Focusing on 6 key agriculture, forestry & mining commodities, report defines #responsiblebanking priority actions that reduce risk, deepen client relationships. More: ow.ly/gCrs50TPqYt

How finance can be part of the solution to the world’s biodiversity crisis theconversation.com/how-finance-ca… via The Conversation

WWF and partners deepen collaboration with TNFD on nature-related data initiatives wwf.panda.org/discover/our_f…