ECB: Evidence of banks' inertia on climate is warning to supervisors

Frank Elderson has said eurozone banks' self-assessments of climate risks has exposed widespread "inertia",…

Policy

News round-up: BlackRock, UK Infrastructure Bank and Moodys

ESG Data,Policy

News round-up: Sustainable funds, UK Climate Change Committee

ESG,Policy

Australian debt head unconvinced by green bond cost benefit

The Australian debt management office head said he remains "unconvinced" by the cost appeal...

Debt,Green Bonds,Policy

ECB considering 'tilting' asset purchases to avoid climate risks

The European Central Bank is considering "tilting" its asset purchases toward issuers with plans to reduce…

Policy

Carbon prices expected to rise, amid Covid-19 recovery and climate ambition catalysts

Market participants are increasingly confident that carbon prices across all major global emissions trading…

Carbon,Policy

Sustainability Linked Bond Principles get first birthday present - further metric guidance

One year after they were first published, the developers of the Sustainability-Linked Bond Principles…

Debt,ESG,Green Bonds,Investment,Policy

Fannie Mae, Nordea join Green Bond Principles executive as ING, Kommunalbanken depart

Fannie Mae and Nordea Bank have been elected to the executive committee (ExCom) that develops the Green…

Debt,Green Bonds,Policy

Climate Investment Funds and Green Climate Fund - where do they go from here?

While the GCF was intended to make the CIFs obsolete, the CIFs still have a key role to play, at least for the time being, argues Alexandra Tracy

Policy

Food systems: Investment risk and opportunity, Part two

Moving to more sustainable food production is necessary to cut GHG emissions and biodiversity loss - but assessing risk and opportunity can be hard, Michael Hurley writes

Investment,Policy

IEA net-zero roadmap 'turning point' for energy sector ahead of COP26

After years of being judged a climate modelling laggard, the IEA has published a 'landmark' net-zero emissions roadmap which campaigners say raises the stakes for governments and companies ahead of the COP26 summit. Ahren Lester reports

Carbon,Investment,Policy,Renewables,Stranded Assets

Lack of legislation on sustainable bonds - opportunity or disadvantage?

Adhering to established market practices is the best way to avoid greenwashing before the market becomes more tightly regulated, argue Massimiliano Danusso and Francesca Marchetti

Debt,Policy