Investors offered the opportunity to support rewilding in the Scottish Highlands

A new partnership between leading rewilding charity Trees for Life and Triodos Bank UK aims to raise £2 million to part-fund the world’s first rewilding centre in the Scottish Highlands between Loch Ness and the Isle of Skye – an ambitious initiative for showcasing action on the nature and climate emergencies, creating green jobs, and providing people with inspiring experiences. For the first time, Triodos Bank UK – part of Europe’s leading sustainable bank – is offering investors the opportunity to invest directly in a rewilding charity, through a bond…

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Over 450 investors managing $41 trillion in assets tell governments to get climate policy right and massive investment will flow

457 investors managing more than US$41 trillion in assets have released a new joint statement to all world governments urging a global race-to-the-top on climate policy and warning that laggards will miss out on trillions of dollars in investment if they aim too low and move too slow. This represents the largest collective assets under management to sign on to a global investor statement to governments on climate change since the first statement in 2009.  The 2021 Global Investor Statement to Governments on the Climate Crisis delivers the strongest-ever investor…

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Global Investors Call for Stronger Standard from Sustainable Palm Oil Certification Group

More than 90 institutional investors representing more than $6.7 trillion in assets under management called on the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) to strengthen its draft standards for certifying the sustainable production of palm oil, a key ingredient found in nearly 50 percent of all packaged goods, from cosmetics to candy. In a letter sent earlier this month to the RSPO, investors voiced their concerns over the group’s relevance and effectiveness, and the current disconnect between leading corporate policy commitments and the RSPO’s Principles and Criteria Guidance. The investors…

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