Analysis

SEC and climate disclosures: what investors want

The SEC is releasing proposed climate disclosure rules on Monday. The largest US investors want varying levels of climate information, consultation responses reveal. Michael Hurley reports

Green bond fund assets reach $25bn- table

Green bond fund assets reach $25bn

Despite challenging market conditions, total assets in green bond funds hit $25 billion at the end of 2021. Ahren Lester reports

Impact-washing demands safeguards

Safeguards against false claims of positive impact are necessary to protect the market, writes Alberto Monzonis

Infrastructure key to hitting net-zero

Sustainable infrastructure investments are growing, but not quickly enough, Henri Blas tells Genevieve Redgrave

Impact investing - what's the trade-off?

Investing to advance the UN SDGs involves trade-offs - but tools to minimise these are in development, writes Sebnem Sener

Pictet Water bursts through $10bn mark

Boring is good, the water fund's portfolio manager tells Thomas Cox

Great expectations

The financial industry isn't going to save the planet - but it has a role to play, says Hans Stoter

Q&A with IFC's Pushkala Ratan

IFC's senior climate finance specialist for Asia spoke to Environmental Finance following the launch of its Guidelines for Blue Finance

Food & land systems - the secret weapon in the war on climate

Clean energy is not enough to get the world to 1.5֯ C. Mass reforestation and linking agriculture with carbon pricing are critical to emissions reduction, argues Tanya Khotin