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Join our "We Need to Talk About Biodiversity" webinar series Today, October 17th at 14:00 CEST, focusing on "Financing for Peace with Nature: Pathway to COP16." This session will explore how the finance sector can align financial flows with the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) and support biodiversity goals. We will also discuss the COP16 Finance & Biodiversity Pavilion and the launch of the briefing note, "From COP15 to COP16: Is the Financial System on Track?" Prepare for COP16 and gain insights into nature-positive finance. Register here: https://ow.ly/P3oj50TKlm5 #COP16 #FinanceForNature

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Investments in #GreenBuilding and regulations for carbon reductions are ramping up, offering great opportunities to decarbonize and improve resilience at scale. Read our recommendations to the Standing Committee on Finance prebudget consultation: https://ow.ly/ka4N50SOuYP #cdnpoli

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What's next for voluntary carbon markets? A big question that Frédéric Gagnon-Lebrun, South Pole’s Global Senior Director of Climate Policy and Strategy, recently provided insight on with Esther Whieldon on S&P Global's ESG Insider podcast. They discussed:  👉 The role of carbon markets in filling the climate finance gap  👉 South Pole’s work on voluntary and compliance markets that are evolving in parallel 👉  What South Pole is doing in preparation for the next phase of the carbon markets 🎙️ Listen to the full episode: https://lnkd.in/e4u42egd #CarbonMarkets #ParisAgreement  #ESGInsider

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Climate adaptation means preparing for - and adjusting to - the current and projected impacts of climate change.​ 🌊🌪️🔥 And that’s what we do. Our 2023 Social Impact & ESG Report details Intact’s efforts to advocate for adaptation at all levels.​ Funding the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation | Centre Intact d’adaptation au climat at University of Waterloo is one way we’re helping. The Intact Centre supports climate resilience in communities with practical tools and impactful research including: 📃 Expert reports on wildfires, flooding, and extreme weather ​ 📊 Infographics with easy and low-cost climate action steps​ 🛡️ Flood protection training for brokers, mortgage professionals and home inspectors​ Find more details in our full report: https://lnkd.in/gevUWe8Y #SocialImpact #Reporting #ESG #Climate #Adaptation #ResilientCommunities​

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#WorldOceansDay 🌊 We strongly encourage #ESG #DataProviders to further develop ocean-related data points and tools, and provide innovative ways to capture our investee’s dependencies, impacts, risks and opportunities related to ocean to support the implementation of the #KunmingMontreal Agreement 👉 https://lnkd.in/eCk-UYyD #GlobalBiodiversityFramework #OceanBiodiversity #SustainableFinance

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At Canbury, our work with NGOs is a core part of who we are and what we do ... This year, we've been proud to work on research on: - "The Degradation of Canada's Boreal", with support from MSCI Sustainability Institute and BNP Paribas Asset Management: https://canbury.io/boreal - The UN's Taskforce on Net Zero Policy "Policy Matters" data analysis: https://lnkd.in/dycSXrve - Global Sustainable Investment Alliance's "Transforming Climate Finance for Climate Action": https://lnkd.in/guVhASR2 - PRI, The Generation Foundation and United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI)'s Legal Framework for Impact guidance on Investing for Sustainability Impact: https://lnkd.in/d3zVb-kE - Principles for Responsible Investment's Spring initiative: https://lnkd.in/e-9prEN9 (and more). - And in the coming months, we're working with ShareAction on UK policy analysis and engagement. Our work with NGOs helps ensure we're at the forefront of thinking on responsible investment and sustainable finance.

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Join Vincent Omondi Omole, an expert in GHG accounting, as he seeks to demystify the complexities of emissions tracking and reporting. Learn how to integrate GHG accounting into your sustainability strategy with real, actionable takeaways. This Masterclass is a must-attend for all ESG professionals! Reserve your seat: https://lnkd.in/dK63izph #ESGForumMasterclass2024 #SustainableAfrica #CarbonMarkets #ESGLeadership #SustainabilityGoals #ClimateActionNow #GHGAccounting #SDGs #CarbonFinance #SustainabilityReporting #GreenEconomy #FutureOfAfrica #SustainableDevelopment #AfricanBusinesses #VirtualMasterclass #ClimateSolutions #ESGInsights #SustainableFuture #ImpactInvesting #RegisterNow

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🎓 Join us for SuReal Academy's next workshop on #valuation of #carbon efforts! Did you miss our workshops in April and May on portfolio assessment and ESG strategy? No worries! We welcome you to our next workshop on June 18th. Our Sustainability Consultants Hadrien Cruyt, Anton Vervoort and Nicolas Lambilliotte will be leading this session. Find out more about the content in the video below 👇 #KnowledgeSharing #SuRealAcademy #CarbonEfforts

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Join our "We Need to Talk About Biodiversity" webinar series on October 17th at 14:00 CEST, focusing on "Financing for Peace with Nature: Pathway to COP16." This session will explore how the finance sector can align financial flows with the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) and support biodiversity goals. We will also discuss the COP16 Finance & Biodiversity Pavilion and the upcoming launch of the briefing note, "From COP15 to COP16: Is the Financial System on Track?" Prepare for COP16 and gain insights into nature-positive finance. Register here: https://lnkd.in/gdhiX4vh #COP16 #FinanceForNature

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Join our "We Need to Talk About Biodiversity" webinar series on October 17th at 14:00 CEST, focusing on "Financing for Peace with Nature: Pathway to COP16." This session will explore how the finance sector can align financial flows with the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) and support biodiversity goals. We will also discuss the COP16 Finance & Biodiversity Pavilion and the launch of the briefing note, "From COP15 to COP16: Is the Financial System on Track?" Prepare for COP16 and gain insights into nature-positive finance. Register here: https://ow.ly/XWUO50TKllO #COP16 #FinanceForNature

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📢 New guidance on value chains published Addressing the nature-related issues of businesses and financial institutions through their value chains is critical if we are to succeed in achieving the goal of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework to halt and reverse nature loss by 2030. 🔽 Download today 🔽 https://ow.ly/hl2E50SvLeY Responding to market demand for further guidance on how to get started with value chain assessment of nature-related issues, this guidance builds on a discussion paper on the TNFD’s proposed approach to value chains published in September 2023 and incorporates feedback from a wide range of market participants after an extensive consultation period. The guidance includes: ◼️An outline of value chain characteristics that can create challenges in assessing nature-related issues ◼️How organisations can approach these issues using the LEAP approach ◼️An overview of data needs for assessing value chains and how to address them ◼️How related disclosure frameworks and standards approach value chains Since September 2023, we have produced several pieces of guidance to support the implementation of the TNFD LEAP approach alongside other useful resources and tools. Navigate all the guidance and tools here ➡️https://ow.ly/Swtq50SvLeZ WBCSD – World Business Council for Sustainable Development Business for Nature United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) UNEP-WCMC Global CanopyWorld Economic Forum

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New guidance includes: ◼️An outline of #ValueChain characteristics that can create challenges in assessing nature-related issues ◼️How organisations can approach these issues using the #TNFD #LEAP approach ◼️Overview of #data needs for assessing value chains & how to address them ◼️How related disclosure frameworks and standards approach value chains

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Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) have published further guidance on how to get started with value chain assessment of nature-related issues. Find the link to the guidance below 👇 #nature #corporate #supplychain

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Drawing on the OECD database on Policy Instruments for the Environment (PINE), the 2024 edition of Tracking Economic Instruments and Finance for Biodiversity provides the latest data on biodiversity-relevant economic instruments (known as positive incentives under the Convention on Biological Diversity’s Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework) and the finance they mobilise. The database includes information from over 140 countries on biodiversity-positive taxes and fees, tradable permits, environmentally-motivated subsidies, payments for ecosystem services and biodiversity offsets. Read the brochure: https://brnw.ch/21wOeUQ https://brnw.ch/21wOeUQ

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The Climate Risk Management Guideline (the Guideline) published on July 4 by the Autorité des marchés financiers (Québec) (AMF) is a new adoption by a Canadian regulator of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) standards, which were developed to facilitate consistent sustainability disclosure. While the AMF’s Guideline applies to licensed insurers, financial services cooperatives, licensed trust companies and other licensed deposit-taking institutions under the AMF’s jurisdiction, this development may be indicative of the path Canadian securities regulators will take as they finalize forthcoming mandatory climate disclosure rules for publicly listed companies. The final version of the Guideline incorporates the ISSB standards, namely IFRS S1 (general requirements) and IFRS S2 (climate-related requirements). This represents a significant change from the AMF’s 2023 draft guideline, which was less complex and instead relied on the recommendations of the FSB Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). The TCFD has long been one of the most credible references for climate disclosure and while the ISSB based its standards on this framework, it went further by requiring mandatory disclosure of indirect greenhouse gas emissions, among other things. https://lnkd.in/g_tF34a9

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How effectively is your board tackling, and contributing to, the climate transition? 🤔  Complete our free, boardroom-aligned Transition Planning Scorecard to find out.     The Scorecard will help you assess how well your board is responding to the net zero transition and how ready your company is for transition plan disclosures.    Complete the Scorecard here: https://bit.ly/4f4CKub    The Scorecard is one of four elements of the Chapter Zero Transition Planning Toolkit, created in collaboration with Chronos Sustainability and the Centre for Climate Engagement, with support from LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group). Find out more about the full Transition Planning Toolkit in the comments.    #DirectorsItsTimeToLead #TransitionPlanningToolkit #TransitionPlanning 

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Many Canadian pension funds have begun using the Science-based Targets Initiative (SBTi) to verify the credibility of climate targets and transition plans for companies in their portfolio. The SBTi is consulting on its Financial Institutions Net Zero standard, guidelines for financial institutions to cover climate-related target-setting for insurance underwriting and capital market activities. Under the planned rules, financial institutions that adopt SBTi-approved climate targets will have to develop a fossil fuel finance policy, halt financing for new fossil fuel projects, and align their existing fossil fuel exposures with a 1.5C climate goal. For coal projects, this means devising plans to phase out coal projects by 2030 for OECD countries and 2040 for other countries. This is the first time the SBTi has tabled explicit limits on financing fossil fuels. “It’s clear that we can’t ever stabilise our climate if we continue to burn more and more fossil fuels,” says SBTI finance lead Nate Aden. “What we’ve done over a multi-year consultation process is to craft net zero-aligned fossil fuel requirements which are still legally and contractually implementable by financial institutions." Although the draft SBTi standard can be strengthened, adopting it would require Canada's pension plans to significantly strengthen their net-zero targets and climate plans in order to be credible.

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