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Sustainalytics provided the most second-party opinions (SPOs) for sustainable finance frameworks in the first half of 2022, according to Environmental Finance figures.

Could extending the EU's taxonomy to unsustainable and intermediate activities prove trickier than work on 'green', Michael Hurley asks

The EU Green Bond Standard (EU GBS) has been criticised as "definitely not a step forward, and maybe a step backward" with regards to the social and environmental impact reports expected of issuers.

Financial institutions must urgently move away from funding fossil fuels and channel more capital to financing climate adaptation measures, according to a co-author of the latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

After years of being judged a climate modelling laggard, the IEA has published a 'landmark' net-zero emissions roadmap which campaigners say raises the stakes for governments and companies ahead of the COP26 summit. Ahren Lester reports

Issuance from car makers has shifted to a higher gear in recent months, and it is a sign that corporates more broadly are tapping the market, says Ahren Lester

Singaporean financial services provider DBS Bank has established a 'sustainable and transition finance framework and taxonomy' to "provide a science-based approach to avoid greenwashing".

Cicero Shades of Green said its recently-launched equity assessment service looks to address "imperfect" ESG ratings of climate risk, as well as departing from the use of proceeds model typically used in the green bond market.

Swedish housing company K2A has launched what it believes to be the first green-labelled equity framework.

Amid the pressing need to rush out Covid-19 bonds, how to uphold best practice, asks Michael Hurley