Rob Langston

Articles by Rob Langston

  • Renewables investing goes beyond climate change debate, says Nuveen Infrastructure

    08 July 2025

    Institutional investors' level of understanding about clean energy has been a "game changer" in recent years, with more sophisticated conversations around the issues and challenges that the renewables sector faces, according to Nuveen Infrastructure.

  • Virgin Money plans to increase lending to 'changemakers'

    07 July 2025

    UK lender Virgin Money will increase the amount of sustainability-linked loans and other lending to businesses whose core goods and services accelerate social and environmental change, to help it meet its sustainable lending targets.

  • Webinar: Nature data is financially material, not just 'bubble' talk

    03 July 2025

    Nature-related data has a real role to play in the investment process and could be an important driver of returns, an Environmental Finance webinar heard, although further research is needed.

  • Nobody will fight hard to save 'ESG', says Morningstar

    01 July 2025

    Asset owners will move on to other ways to label their ESG investments, although they will have learned of the issues that another all-inclusive term could bring, according to Morningstar.

  • Rathbones secures SDR labels for £566m sustainable multi-asset range

    27 June 2025

    Rathbones Asset Management has adopted the Sustainability Focus label for its £566.1 million ($775 million) sustainable multi-asset funds under the UK's Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR).

  • APAC investors in 'flight to basics' away from SLBs, conference hears

    26 June 2025

    From Rob Langston in Singapore

  • 'Bankability' key to unlocking capital for APAC region's sustainable infra projects

    26 June 2025

    Many sustainable infrastructure projects in Asia-Pacific are struggling to attract investment because they lack 'bankability', attendees at an Environmental Finance conference heard.

  • No transition without 'just transition', says Nomura's Mortimer

    26 June 2025

    A 'just transition' is essential to achieving the Paris Agreement's climate goals, Nomura International's Jason Mortimer told attendees at Environmental Finance's Sustainable Debt Asia 2025.

  • Objective of labelled bond market should not be more labels, says Schroders

    26 June 2025

    The market for labelled bonds should be focused on financing activities and not necessarily growing the number of bond labels, an Environmental Finance conference heard.

  • Corporates could become big issuers of 'adaptation' debt, APAC conference hears

    26 June 2025

    From Rob Langston in Singapore