15 August 2025 - Negotiations on a landmark global plastics treaty have ended without agreement, dealing a blow to efforts to curb plastic pollution worldwide. The collapse comes despite a united call from 180 financial institutions urging governments to agree…
2024 was a year of progress in integrating biodiversity into financial strategies. Looking back at the year Anita de Horde, Executive Director, Finance for Biodiversity Foundation, acknowledges: “Global momentum around biodiversity finance continued to grow and collaborative initiatives placed biodiversity…
In April 2024, ahead of the fourth meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution (INC-4), 180 financial institutions - representing 17.2 USD trillion in combined assets, from all regions - signed the Finance Statement on Plastic Pollution. It…
Following a joint statement coordinated by the Finance for Biodiversity Foundation and signed by 40 Financial Institutions, the International Seabed Authority (ISA) Assembly closed this week without approving a mining code, effectively ensuring a pause on deep-seabed mining activities, marking…
