Earlier this year, The Circulate Initiative called for greater investment to tackle plastic pollution after new data revealed only $32bn (£24.6bn) a year of private investment went to plastics circularity between 2018 and 2023 – far below the $1trn (£770bn) needed. Meanwhile, earlier this month, international negotiations on a legally binding treaty addressing plastic pollution failed to reach an agreement. This…

Accounting for Sustainability (A4S) has launched The Business Case for Nature, the first in a series of guidance on nature for corporations and finance and accounting professionals designed to support them develop a business case for taking action on nature through practical advice, with both illustrative and real-world examples.  According to A4S, nature is the foundation on which all organisations…

A five-step approach to defining adaptation investments and establishing practical, outcome-focused criteria has been published as part of the Land, Nature and Adapted Systems (LNAS) Advisory Group’s final report. Framework to develop a UK Green Taxonomy for adaptation and resilience sets out to provide a framework to define adaptation and resilience, enabling investments to mobilise adaptation finance and increase the…

As 2024 draws to a close, it becomes a time for reflection on the year’s developments and predictions for the coming year. So, within PA Future‘s end-of-year series New Era, members of the sustainable investment community will be doing just that, as well as sharing some eco-friendly Christmas hacks and the one thing they want to see under the tree this year…

Business managers, particularly at poorly governed firms, are likely exploiting “less transparent ESG metrics” to set targets in ways that are likely to be achieved, either to enhance their compensation or to appease institutional investors and other stakeholders who demand greater ESG accountability, according to research published by the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI). Researchers from the University of California,…

As 2024 draws to a close, it becomes a time for reflection on the year’s developments and predictions for the coming year. So, within PA Future‘s end-of-year series New Era, members of the sustainable investment community will be doing just that, as well as sharing some eco-friendly Christmas hacks and the one thing they want to see under the tree this year…