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Realizing the full potential of stakeholder capitalism

GreenBiz

Environment Program Finance Initiative (UNEP FI), have highlighted the importance of redefining fiduciary duty, in order to stimulate long-term sustainable growth and the economic health of companies. Indeed, sustainable finance veteran Paul Watchman (an advisor to UNEP FI) argues "the concept of fiduciary duty is organic, not static.

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Finance Majors Invest in “Cleaner, Greener” Farming

Chris Hall

The organisations concerned are Dutch bank Rabobank, Mexican development institution FIRA, multilateral funder the Global Environment Facility (GEF), Mauritian private equity group Phatisa, Norwegian chemical company Yara, US asset manager Nuveen Natural Capital and Dutch group Signature Agri Investments. Equivalent to 40 power stations”.

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Are we Eating up Our World?

Chris Hall

Standardising environmental and social impacts in land-use investments needs to be a priority for the financial sector. Banks and other financial intuitions (FIs) have the potential to help transition land-use to become ‘nature positive’ in addition to ‘net zero’, by redirecting investment to sustainable land-use projects.

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