Archive

  • Sustainable Finance: a spotlight on Africa

    10 October 2023

    What are the key themes in sustainable financings on the continent, and the challenges to be overcome on transactions, ask Stuart McMillan and Luke Addison

  • 'We are aware of the criticism': The NGFS on its next phase of scenarios

    09 October 2023

    The Network for Greening the Financial System is developing short-term climate scenarios and increased detail on sectoral impacts in response to feedback, Jean Boissinot and Martina Spaggiari tell Michael Hurley

  • Europe's Green Bond Standard: A game changer?

    06 October 2023

    The standard will remove the opacity that often clouds sustainable finance and protect sustainability-minded investors by ensuring their investments align with their values, writes Giuseppe Corsini

  • How to invest to unlock a blue carbon revolution

    05 October 2023

    Blue carbon could be key to fighting climate change but creating sustainable solutions will only work through considered investment, writes AXA IM's Chris Iggo

  • Are debt-for-nature swaps misunderstood?

    04 October 2023

    Debt-for-nature swaps have faced criticism, but they may have an important role to play in protecting biodiversity in developing markets. Genevieve Redgrave reports

  • How a new generation of policies can drive climate action

    03 October 2023

    A new report has identified 10 features of effective policy frameworks, write Rory Sullivan, Robert Black and Paul Smith

  • Japan: a land of climate opportunity

    29 September 2023

    Japan has high GHG emissions but its companies provide a compelling energy transition investment opportunity, writes Masayuki Teraguchi

  • Innovative small businesses need a bigger role at COPs

    28 September 2023

    The COP process needs to listen to the voices of innovative small businesses if net zero is to be delivered, Jan Lozek writes

  • Berkshire Hills: Issuing a sustainable bond is a 'no brainer'

    27 September 2023

    Berkshire Hills hopes its ground-breaking sustainability bond will be followed by others, but the US community bank's Gary Levante tells Ahren Lester the market needs a small and mid-cap 'evolution'

  • The importance of developing sustainability reporting standards for the public sector

    26 September 2023

    As the baseline for private sector sustainability reporting is finalized, the public sector has started to build on this to address its own specific needs, writes Ian Carruthers