Threat or opportunity: Biodiversity risk and corporate investment We investigate how biodiversity risk influences corporate investment. Using text-based measures of firm-level exposure, we find that higher biodiversi…

New research - firms with higher #BiodiversityRisk are actually increasing corporate investment, not reducing. More seen in competitive industries, driven by strategic, first-mover preemptive behavior. Policy uncertainty amplifies the effect 🌍

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Biodiversity risk and firms’ access to trade credit This study examines the relationship between firm-level exposure to biodiversity risk and access to supplier financing. We find that firms’ access to …

Firms facing high #BiodiversityRisk struggle to access supplier #financing as #tradecredit drops with rising exposure.

Reduced performance drives this link, especially in vulnerable industries #Sustainability #Finance #CorporateRisk #ESG #Biodiversity 🌍

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How does biodiversity risk exposure affect corporate regulatory intensity? This paper investigates the impact of biodiversity risk on corporate regulatory intensity of firms in the United States during 2007-2020. Using text-b…

Corporate exposure to #biodiversityrisk raises regulatory intensity & compliance costs (2007–2020 US firms). Effects weaken in states with weaker institutions & in vertically integrated firms 🌍 #CorporateSustainability #Regulation #ESG #NatureFinance

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EU insurers aware of biodiversity risk but need to quantify financial hit, report says European insurance regulator wants insurers to do more to measure and manage biodiversity loss and interplay with climate risks.

🇪🇺 @eiopa.europa.eu‬ says EU insurers are waking up to biodiversity risk — but still can’t quantify the financial hit. Most assessments remain qualitative and reputational. The push is on for risk-based models and structured dialogue.

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EU insurers aware of biodiversity risk but need to quantify financial hit, report says European insurance regulator wants insurers to do more to measure and manage biodiversity loss and interplay with climate risks.

🇪🇺 @eiopa.europa.eu‬ says EU insurers are waking up to biodiversity risk — but still can’t quantify the financial hit. Most assessments remain qualitative and reputational. The push is on for risk-based models and structured dialogue.

📖 Read more: GreenCB.co/4lBGnvd

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Kerala: India state on alert after ship carrying hazardous cargo capsizes All 24 crew members on board the ship were rescued by Indian navy personnel after an hours-long operation.

India state on alert after ship carrying hazardous cargo capsizes

#Asia #India #Kerala #Shipping #CargoShipCapsizes #HazardousCargo #BiodiversityRisk #BBC

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