Double materiality: Why nature risk and climate risk are two sides of the same coin

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Current regulation and risk disclosure efforts are insufficient for tackling the varying and complex risks posed by nature loss and climate change, UCL research argues

Material financial risk is an issue which has likely been thrust to the top of many a boardroom agenda right across the world in 2020. With the rug having been swept from underneath the global economy...

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