Financial Risk & Reward Archives - Page 8 of 18

EU discuss Business and Nature – Key Takeaways for FIs

Last week, European businesses, financial institutions, entrepreneurs, NGOs and policymakers gathered at the 2023 European Business and Nature Summit (EBNS) in Milan, Italy, to discuss sustainable business models focused on biodiversity. Held one year before the next CBD COP16 (United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity), special attention was placed on empowering businesses to take transformative action to head towards a nature-positive society.

Fishing for a Recovery

Report Seafood Financial Risk & Reward, Shareholder Engagement Equity PT0079

Planet Tracker’s recommended ‘Blue Recovery Bond’ involves financial institutions providing fishing companies with an upfront investment to fund a temporary reduction in fishing pressure. Once fish populations recover, companies repay investors through a levy on the catch.

Agriculture’s pathway – how financial markets can help

Blog Deforestation, Food Systems Financial Risk & Reward, Shareholder Engagement BLOG0091

The ‘Breakthrough Agenda’ Report (2023) provides a valuable insight into the low-carbon transition pathway for the global agricultural sector. It is not a comforting read. The sector’s progress report ranks each measure as either showing minimal or modest progress. But the good news is that financial instruments, such as a deforestation-linked sovereign bond, could help deliver a faster transition.

GDP doesn’t care about the planet or you

Blog Sovereign Risk, Thought Leadership Financial Risk & Reward, Policy Multi-Asset BLOG0089

Ever thought about the true value of your simple walks in nature? This opinion piece highlights how our wellbeing, nature’s beauty, and acts of kindness often go unmeasured in economic terms. Let’s rethink what prosperity truly means.

Exposing Plastic Risk

Report Plastic Financial Risk & Reward PT0075

A new analysis of 8,200+ documents shows that while plastic risk disclosures are rising, this is happening selectively, as 83% of documents from the plastic value chain still make no mention of plastic-related risks. Most plastic risk disclosures focus on circularity, accounting for 73% of all risk disclosures. References to feedstock and pollution were minimal, while mention of toxins, microplastics and refillables were even rarer.

Plastic Risk Dashboard

Dashboard Emissions, Plastic Financial Risk & Reward Equity DASH0013

To help readers examine the measured risk as perceived by corporates, we developed a dashboard which allows users to filter by the segment or theme of disclosure.

We Need Basel IV for Climate and Nature

Blog Thought Leadership Financial Risk & Reward, Policy, Transparency & Traceability Multi-Asset BLOG0087

By the end of 2023, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) will issue a consultation paper on climate-related disclosure requirements that it intends to add to international standards for capital requirements. We urge the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision to be more ambitious and incorporate broader nature risks, not only climate risk, in their upcoming consultation.

The Sky High Cost of Deep Sea Mining

Report Deep Sea Mining Financial Risk & Reward, Greenwashing, Policy Equity PT0072

Environmental damage due to deep sea mining would dwarf that of terrestrial mining in terms of km3 impacted.

NDEs and Credit Ratings

Joint Research, Report Sovereign Risk, Thought Leadership Financial Risk & Reward Fixed Income PT0071

Planet Tracker’s landmark new analysis examines the link between countries’ dependence on natural resource exports, their sovereign credit ratings and their resilience to global economic shocks.

Nature Dependent Export and Credit Ratings Dashboard

Dashboard Sovereign Risk, Thought Leadership Financial Risk & Reward Multi-Asset DASH0012

This story dashboard summarises some of the key findings from the “NDEs and Credit Ratings” report, where Planet Tracker analyses the impact of the 2007-2008 financial crisis on the credit ratings of Nature Dependent Exporters.

Name of Cookie	First / Third Party	Provider	Purpose
Google Analytics	Third	Google	For analysing use

Contact us

Social sharing links

Twitter:

LinkedIn: