Companies across the plastic value chain face growing legal risks from pollution, toxic chemicals, greenwashing, and non-compliance with waste laws. Litigation costs could exceed USD 20 billion by 2030.
The second, and hopefully final, round of negotiations for a strong Global Plastics Treaty will take place this August in Geneva. Investors must continue supporting a strong treaty, as it would reduce risks in the plastic value chain.
The relentless expansion of AI requires ever more water. Processors, datacenters and often power, all need water. In this paper we focus on existing datacenters in Asia and reveal that the majority are located in areas of high water stress, which could affect their ongoing viability. AI cannot ignore nature’s boundaries forever.
The fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5) aimed at developing an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, commonly called the Global Plastics Treaty, has concluded in Busan, South Korea. No agreement was reached although this was expected to be the final round. While some progress was made, unresolved disagreements on critical measures such as capping plastic production and addressing hazardous chemicals, prevented consensus. An additional round (INC-5.2) is expected to be held next year. Planet Tracker urges financial institutions, policymakers, and businesses to strengthen their efforts and stand firm in advocating for a treaty that addresses the root causes of plastic pollution.
This paper provides an overview for financial institutions of the most pertinent issues identified by Planet Tracker from the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP16) in Cali, Colombia. Topics range from the availability of nature transition plans, to who has responsibility for nature in government structures – it’s looking complicated, to the availability of nature data – or rather its processing and analysing. The struggle to finance countries’ nature and ecosystem services remained unresolved.
As COP16 nears, the expectations for financial institutions to step up their efforts are higher than ever. The need for established frameworks, clear direction from governments, and the mobilisation of private finance are central to the discussions. COP16 presents an opportunity to refine the role of financial institutions in the global biodiversity agenda, ensuring that private finance is not only aligned with but actively driving the conservation efforts needed to address the biodiversity crisis. This blog explores what financial institutions need to know before the UN Biodiversity (COP16).
Artificial intelligence (AI) continues to attract considerable attention in financial markets. While much of the spotlight is on the competitive opportunities offered by AI strategies, soaring demand has caused supply chain challenges. However, water resources are rarely viewed as an important constraint. If the water consumption of data centres is not dramatically reduced, it will be an increasingly important factor in their location.
This blog updates the status of a selected range of environmental-related regulations following the European Parliamentary elections in June 2024. The non-exhaustive list of regulations ranges from nature restoration and anti-greenwashing requirements to waste, soil health, packaging and supply chain due diligence controls.
The Global Ethical Finance Initiative (GEFI) are working with Planet Tracker (Lead Knowledge Partner – Nature Finance) and Carbon Tracker (Lead Knowledge Partner – Climate Finance) on the GEFI Insights Series. The Series aims to educate and inspire financial institutions and practitioners to align their strategies with climate and nature goals within the context of COPs 16 (biodiversity) and 29 (climate). This blog explores what is needed to manage the challenges of climate change mitigation and adaptation, and of the energy transition, following the widely accepted acknowledgement that COP28 in Dubai and the Global Stocktake did nowhere near enough on finance – and in particular on the needs of emerging and developing economies.
What are the key takeaways for financial institutions from the fourth negotiating round of the global plastic treaty? There are five key considerations: the scope of the treaty remains contentious; chemicals of concern will be discussed in the intersessional meetings; plastic production limits will not be discussed until late November; industry wants to avoid a producer pays approach to financing the plastic pollution clean-up; a record turnout of attendees.
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