Deep Dive: It's essential to create a nature-positive economy

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Victoria Leggett, head of impact investing at Union Bancaire Privée (UBP), dives into the world of impact investing...

As sustainable investing has gathered momentum over the last decade, much of the focus of the underlying investments has been on climate stability and, more specifically, carbon intensity. This makes sense: direct carbon emissions are relatively easy to measure and therefore, in many cases when corporates have begun non-financial reporting, it is the first data point they produce. Capital allocators can clearly see the move towards an economy powered by renewable energy and so investment products have been developed to meet this demand. This shift has been supported by tightening regu...

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