Archive

  • A first stab: French institutions try to calculate their biodiversity footprints

    03 August 2023

    As French financial institutions for the first time estimate the scale of their impacts on nature, the numbers look bleak - but not comparable. Thomas Cox writes

  • NatWest hails Acciona's additionality-driven framework

    31 July 2023

    With a focus on local impact and EU Taxonomy-aligned capital expenditure, Pietro Stimamiglio says Acciona is looking to up the game for sustainable finance. Ahren Lester reports

  • The JETPs: an engine of progress

    28 July 2023

    The Just Energy Transition Partnership model is maturing, and it has immense potential as a financing framework, write Mafalda Duarte and Abhishek Bhaskar.

  • Impact investing: 'a great defence against greenwashing'

    19 July 2023

    With investors 'very focused on whether something is what it claims to be', impact investing is poised to thrive, Kieron Boyle tells Genevieve Redgrave

  • Mirova: EU Green Bond Standard weak on impact reporting rules

    12 July 2023

    Felipe Gordillo says the EU should have gone further on impact reporting requirements in its landmark green bond regulation. Ahren Lester reports

  • 'We don't appeal to people's hearts - we appeal to their greed'

    22 June 2023

    Franklin Templeton's John Levy argues that impact is a driver of returns for his real estate fund. Peter Cripps reports

  • Biodiversity credits 'five years behind' carbon offsets

    21 June 2023

    Investors demanding opportunities to invest for positive impact on nature may have to wait between five and 10 years for a viable market for biodiversity credits, according to Axa IM Alts

  • The growing importance of social issues for commercial real estate

    16 June 2023

    More investors and developers are considering how real estate can be used to achieve positive social change, Cara Imbrailo writes

  • Profile: Martin Berg of Climate Asset Management

    22 May 2023

    The new CEO of Climate Asset Management, Martin Berg, tells Thomas Cox about the challenge of scaling natural capital.

  • LeapFrog: reaching emerging markets

    19 May 2023

    There is correlation between impact and returns, according to LeapFrog Investments. Peter Cripps reports