Lack of policies regulating impact on natural world means finance industry effectively bankrolling biodiversity loss, analysis finds. The world’s largest investment banks provided more than $2.6tn (£1.9tn) of financing linked to the destruction of ecosystems and wildlife last year, according to a new report. The findings in the Bankrolling Extinction report were produced by portfolio.earth, a new initiative led by finance, economics and environmental experts to better understand the role of the finance industry in the destruction of the natural world. [2]
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/bankrolling-extinction-banking-sector%E2%80%99s-role-global-biodiversity-crisis
[2] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/Bankrolling Extinction Report.pdf
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/portfolioearth
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biodiversity
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ecosystem-services
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/finance
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/banks-and-banking
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/global
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/africa