After social bond issuance jumped nine-fold in 2020, attention is increasingly turning to the lack of dedicated social bond funds. They are expected to arrive, but perhaps not immediately. Ahren Lester reports
Sustainability-linked bonds are proving more popular for carbon-intensive issuers than transition bonds, and experts are worried the 'transition' label is adding unnecessary confusion in the market. Ahren Lester and Christopher Marchant report
With a compelling investment case based on both the mitigation of risk and maximisation of opportunity, a surge of investment in the oceans should be expected, argues Darian McBain
Investors have a fiduciary duty to integrate biodiversity-related risks and opportunities into their overall assessment of a company's material risks, argues Sophie Lawrence
With central banks increasingly active in the green bond market, should they shoulder the responsibility to moderate green bond valuations, Michael Hurley asks
There are numerous ESG regulations in Europe that firms need to know about, says Karan Kapoor
Addressing data gaps is key to catalysing impactful humanitarian and resilience investments, writes Katherine Garrett-Cox
Simon Zadek outlines a six-part framework for reshaping markets and economies in ways that reward nature-friendly, and penalise nature-destroying, investments.
Thomas Schumann, Markus Barth and Teresa Russell reflect on how we value and manage the world's most vital resource.
On world water day, Stuart Orr and Brian Richter identify three ways private investment in water can be transformed for the better