Biodiversity Net Gain offers a chance to restore UK nature - investors should grab it

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Pioneering investors supported the beginnings of the renewable energy sector back in the 1980s - we now need similar support for nature projects today, writes Simon Crichton from Triodos Bank UK

Nature is at the heart of all life on earth. It provides the food we eat, water we drink and resources on which our entire economy is based. And yet, for too long, the financial sector has played a...

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