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News focused exclusively on financing
environmental conservation
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| Can Conservation Finance Reach the Mainstream Investment Market?
On Jan. 20, the day before Credit Suisse’s 2016 Conservation Finance Conference, Credit Suisse and McKinsey Center for Business and Environment published a new report aiming to catalyze the expansion of conservation finance. The field has grown substantially in the past two years, according to reports from Credit Suisse.
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| Brazil Explores Investment in Climate-Smart Agriculture
There has long been a perceived tradeoff between the economic benefits of agriculture and the environmental benefits of conservation. Large-scale implementation of climate-smart agriculture holds promise to harmonize these objectives by integrating crop production with conservation efforts.
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| Integrated Capital Funds Can Finance Environmental Markets
As conservation finance gains more traction among mainstream investors, discussions about how to evolve early-stage environmental marketplaces to provide more conventional investment opportunities have taken over the halls of conferences. Integrated capital funds may offer one solution.
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| The Evolution of Water-Related Risk-Assessment Tools
The “Natural Capital Risks and Opportunities” workshop held on Oct. 26, hosted by Citi and Natural Capital Declaration, unveiled a new water-risk-analysis demonstration tool intended for use by corporations and financial institutions.
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| Sustainable Investing Goes Mainstream
The year 2015 might well have been when sustainable investing became sustainable. Long viewed as a niche asset class catering to wealthy individuals and institutions that wanted to avoid controversial industries such as tobacco and firearms, sustainable investing seemed to turn a corner last year.
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| This Study Just Undermined a Huge Myth about the Endangered Species Act
The Endangered Species Act has raised continual controversy since its enactment more than four decades ago, inciting many heated debates over the need to protect threatened plants and animals versus how such protections could crimp land use or economic development. But a surprising new analysis shows that the act might not be quite the economic threat that critics believe it is — at least, not anymore.
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| The Climate Trust Wants to Invest $5.5M this Year to Battle Climate Change
The Climate Trust is looking to deploy $5.5 million this year from an investment fund aimed at curbing climate change. The Portland nonprofit, which specializes in conservation financing, is seeking United States-based project proposals to produce carbon credits, including early-stage forestry, grassland conservation, and livestock projects.
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| Conservation Finance from Niche to Mainstream: The Building of an Institutional Asset Class
Credit Suisse, host of a recent major conservation finance conference, just released a new report on the state of conservation finance. Building on its 2014 report, Credit Suisse and its partners International Union for the Conservation of Nature, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, The Rockefeller Foundation, and the McKinsey Center for Business and the Environment set the stage for moving conservation finance from niche to mainstream by building an institutional asset class.
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| The Mitigation Rule Retrospective: A Review of the 2008 Regulations Governing Compensatory Mitigation for Losses of Aquatic Resources
The Institute for Water Resources recently released a review of the 2008 regulations governing compensatory mitigation for losses to aquatic resources. While the report is limited to the administrative and procedural aspects for implementation of the mitigation rule, the news is generally good.
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| Essentials of Impact Investing: A Guide for Small-Staffed Foundations
Seeking to increase their philanthropic impact, many engaged foundations are turning to impact investing. The reason is clear: the field and practice of impact investing have matured—structures are in place, best practices have emerged, and opportunities have multiplied—enabling more foundations to use this powerful tool. Yet entering unfamiliar terrain can be intimidating. And foundations with few or no staff face unique challenges even as they enjoy unique opportunities.
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| Ensuring Adaptation Finance Accountability
In the lead-up to the COP21 climate negotiations in Paris, developed countries committed to support developing countries with billions of dollars in climate finance, with a significant portion allocated toward adaptation projects. Adaptation funding is a major priority for developing countries, which tend to be the most vulnerable to climate change impacts like storms, droughts, and sea level rise.
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| DPOs and Crowdfunding: What’s the Difference?
With all of the recent changes in the securities laws ushered in by the 2012 JOBS Act, it may be helpful now to take a step back and look at how these changes fit into the broader landscape of capital-raising for small- and medium-sized businesses.
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Sept. 13-16
San Francisco, CA
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