Archive

  • Insurance, pandemics and climate change

    10 April 2020

    Insurers have long been aware of the risks of a global pandemic, but have failed to act. They mustn't make the same mistake on climate change, Peter Bosshard writes

  • The ESG data files, part nine: Biodiversity - the new frontier

    07 April 2020

    Various initiatives from the financial sector could make this a breakthrough year for biodiversity data, ahead of a hoped-for global agreement on conservation for the next decade. Graham Cooper reports

  • Explaining the concept of dynamic materiality

    13 March 2020

    What is material today may not be tomorrow, and what is not material today may be tomorrow, argue Thomas Kuh, and Andre Shepley

  • ESG Data Files, part eight: Infrastructure, continued

    10 March 2020

    As well as considering the ESG credentials of an infrastructure project, investors should also consider resilience. Christopher Marchant reports

  • ESG Data Files, part eight: Infrastructure

    03 March 2020

    With its broad scope from airports to hospitals, wind farms to oil pipelines, assessing ESG data in the infrastructure sphere comes with a wide array of challenges. Christopher Marchant spoke to experts in the sector about the ongoing push for in standardisation and disclosure.

  • Best performing funds of 2019: Janus Henderson Global Sustainable Equity

    18 February 2020

    Tesla has helped turbocharge the fund's returns, writes Peter Cripps

  • Building sustainable infrastructure in emerging markets

    10 January 2020

    The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is on a mission to lure the world's largest pools of wealth to invest in emerging market infrastructure, Stefen Shin tells Michael Hurley

  • The ESG data files, part seven, continued: Real estate - Social and governance data

    03 January 2020

    The market for data on the social impacts of investments in real estate is growing rapidly, writes Christopher Marchant

  • ESG data files - part seven, continued: Real estate and resilience

    02 January 2020

    Investors are striving to get a handle on physical climate risks, but the data is still under construction, writes Christopher Marchant

  • ESG financing: cheaper than conventional financing or too expensive to ignore?

    31 December 2019

    Greater demand for sustainable investment products could lead to pricing advantage, argues Neil Caddy