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  • Stranded assets a 'missed opportunity', says BNP Paribas

    09 July 2026

    Investors should not avoid stranded assets but instead use them as an opportunity to reduce vulnerabilities and climate risks, an Environmental Finance webinar has heard.

  • 'Boots on the ground' verification still needed for accurate risk assessment

    09 July 2026

    On-site verification is often still needed to verify climate risk data for real assets, an Environmental Finance webinar has heard.

  • UK deforestation regulation clear 'investment signal'

    08 July 2026

    New UK deforestation regulation could create "long-term market opportunities", investors have told Environmental Finance, while urging alignment with the EU.

  • Impax to focus on social risks and opportunities of AI

    08 July 2026

    Impax Asset Management will increasingly focus on the governance and use of artificial intelligence (AI), having identified the technology - and its social impact - as a key cross-cutting issue across its portfolio.

  • Adaptation taxonomy would reveal who is burying head in sand, says Impax

    07 July 2026

    An industry-led adaptation taxonomy would help identify companies addressing physical climate risk, according to Impax Asset Management.

  • 'Paris-aligned benchmarks' out of favour in fragmented transition, Lazard says

    02 July 2026

    Asset owners are increasingly critical of passive climate investment strategies amid concerns that they do not capture the growing complexity of the energy transition, an asset manager said.

  • US-Iran conflict shows NGFS assumptions 'don't hold' amid fragmented transition

    01 July 2026

    Idiosyncratic policy responses to disruption from the US-Iran conflict show that old assumptions around the climate transition "don't hold anymore" and require a rethink of widely used scenarios, an expert argued.

  • Winners of EF's Sustainable Investment Awards 2026 revealed

    29 June 2026

    The winners of Environmental Finance's annual Sustainable Investment Awards 2026 have been announced.

  • The dark side of AI investment

    29 June 2026

    The fast-growing but loosely regulated artificial intelligence industry offers the potential for strong returns - but at what risk, asks Rob Langston

  • 'Important' FTSE Russell, CCB 'Dim Sum' green bond index launched

    26 June 2026

    FTSE Russell and China Construction Bank (CCB) have launched a fixed income index focused on offshore 'Dim Sum' green bonds from Chinese issuers.