Archive

  • Must do better: The verdict on the UK's updated green finance strategy

    30 March 2023

    A flurry of green strategy documents from the UK was welcomed but there was no news on subsidies to help it compete with those on offer in the US or EU, writes Michael Hurley

  • Japan's transition finance agenda is derailing decarbonisation in Southeast Asia

    29 March 2023

    Japan treats transition finance as a way to support industrial companies that are locked into thermal power technologies, argues Kurt Metzger

  • The US 'plays catch-up' on climate stress testing

    27 March 2023

    A Federal Reserve-led climate scenario analysis exercise with US banks is underway, and implications for capital requirements are unclear, an Environmental Finance webinar heard. Michael Hurley reports

  • The ISO's Net Zero Guidelines

    24 March 2023

    The guidelines can provide a common global basis for sound and credible net zero action, providing investors with a robust reference point to form their strategy, writes Emily Faint

  • Unpacking the EU's Green Deal Industrial Plan

    23 March 2023

    The Net Zero Industry Act and the Critical Raw Materials Act set out goals for the development of the green industry in the EU, writes Lothar Van Driessche

  • Water quality: a critical pillar of biodiversity

    22 March 2023

    Tighter regulation could help investors improve water quality and tackle biodiversity loss, write Lisa Beauvilain and Johan Florén

  • Six things to know for impact managers

    17 March 2023

    A legal perspective on the complications of raising and managing an impact fund is provided by Oliver Rochman, William Yonge, Carl Valenstein, Zeke Johnson and Divya Thakur

  • Powering the UK battery revolution

    16 March 2023

    The Green Finance Institute's proposed Battery Investment Facility could be transformative for the sector, writes Suzanna Hinson

  • What role does the voluntary carbon market have in an Article 6 world?

    15 March 2023

    India has shown how national carbon trading can work in tandem with voluntary markets, argues Finn O'Muircheartaigh

  • COP out: how the promise of Glasgow has faded

    15 March 2023

    Investors should be ready to push UK policymakers to change course on climate, Eliette Riera writes