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S&P Launches Biodiversity-Focused Versions of S&P 500 and Global LargeMidCap Indices

ESG Today

Index provider S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) announced today the launch of biodiversity-focused versions of its flagship S&P 500 and Global LargeMidCap indices, aimed at offering investors with a benchmarking solution integrating sustainability factors including biodiversity, the UN SDGs, and climate change.

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Synergies and Trade-offs at the Climate-nature Nexus

Chris Hall

C without nature, and that climate change is one of the five main drivers of biodiversity loss. As Siga suggests, factoring climate change into investment decisions is more of a known quantity, if far from an exact science. These plans and projects stem from a broadening awareness that there is no path to 1.5°C