Archive

  • Scrambled regs to give investors indigestion in 2025

    20 December 2024

    Investors must digest a diet of disparate sustainable finance regulations in the year ahead. Michael Hurley reports

  • Sustainability assurance: sailing a boat under construction

    12 December 2024

    The cost of gaining assurance, data quality and the need for subjective judgments could limit the usefulness of sustainability assurance, Michael Hurley writes

  • What COP29 got wrong...and how to get it right

    09 December 2024

    Misaligned incentives are stunting climate progress, write UKSIF's James Alexander and US SIF's Maria Lettini

  • Will Trump2.0 quietly supercharge America's clean energy revolution?

    03 December 2024

    Trump might achieve a durable, America-centred energy strategy that leverages economic imperatives and national security concerns to advance clean energy goals, writes Rahul Bhushan

  • Cut back data points to keep CSRD manageable

    28 November 2024

    'Ruthless' materiality assessments are needed to help reduce the 'overwhelming' reporting burden, writes Michael Hurley

  • Strengthening Canada's markets: Why CSA must act on climate disclosure now

    25 November 2024

    Investments in Canadian businesses is at risk because of delays by the Canadian Securities Administrators in requiring the disclosure of essential climate-related data, write Sonia Li Trottier and Catherine McCall

  • EIOPA's wake-up call for insurers on fossil fuels

    22 November 2024

    A historic decision from EU financial supervisor on higher financial risk of fossil fuel sector must be integrated in EU prudential rules write Chiara Pass and Marika Carlucci

  • COP29 finance day: Harmonisation initiatives the highlight of underwhelming day

    14 November 2024

    Multi-jurisdiction taxonomies and a push for harmonised transition plan rules stole the headlines, as finance proved a sticking point, Michael Hurley writes

  • Climate change: The picture is bleak, but there are reasons to be hopeful

    13 November 2024

    The tools, knowledge and opportunities to deliver the transition to a green economy already exist, writes Penny Apostolaki

  • Lay the foundations before building: ISSB standards as the Global Baseline

    12 November 2024

    Investors need national regulators to rapidly adopt ISSB standards without removing key concepts or requirements, writes Nathan Fabian