Natural History Museum director Dr Douglas Gurr made an impactful speech at the Sustainable Investment Festival, warning the world was on a path to a mass extinction event and biodiversity was under serious threat.
Gurr said it was right and good that carbon was getting the attention of investors but added biodiversity needed to be given more credence in investment decisions. He said: "There is a path in which you can still have the returns that your clients demand without overusing the world's natural resources. It should be not just 'net zero' - but 'net zero and nature positive'. "There is a path there the global economy can grow without over-consuming the natural resources of the globe. It is a path we are not currently on." Speaking on day one of the festival, he told delegates modellin...
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