Analysis

  • The Future of ESG Data, Asia: conference round-up

    21 November 2023

    The region faces unique challenges, including that many SMEs are not able or willing to report the ESG data being demanded of them. Peter Cripps reports

  • 'Only Asian investors seem to understand Asian issuers'

    20 November 2023

    Emerging market green bonds may need credit enhancement to attract Western investors, Golden Tree's David Oum told Environmental Finance ESG in Fixed Income Asia. Ahren Lester reports

  • The rise of responsible investment in Asia: A focus on transition finance

    17 November 2023

    Asian efforts to catalyse transition finance present lessons for the rest of the world, Romain Pison writes

  • The ISSB: turning to implementation

    16 November 2023

    The ISSB would consider creating a standard for SMEs if it would help them work with investors and other corporate clients, its vice-chair Jindong Hua reveals in a Q&A

  • Scope 4 emissions: opportunity or wrong turn?

    15 November 2023

    Companies should focus on reducing emissions - not complex calculations of avoided emissions, argues Geoffroy Marcassoli

  • Impact fund selection: weeding out 'window dressing'

    13 November 2023

    Impact-focused limited partners are using frameworks including the EU's SFDR to root out misleading claims of impact. Michael Hurley reports

  • Unlocking the potential of catalytic capital

    10 November 2023

    Catalytic capital can be transformative in supporting private investors to deploy capital at scale for a just transition to net zero, writes Kieron Boyle

  • EU Green Bonds: reducing the risk of greenwashing

    08 November 2023

    The EU's Green Bond Regulation will create an extra burden for issuers, but issues that comply will prove more attractive to investors, write Massimiliano Danusso and Francesca Marchetti

  • 'Transition is the new battleground'

    07 November 2023

    Following the launch of ASEAN transition finance guidance, Eugene Wong argues that the shift to net zero requires a local, rather than a global, approach. Ahren Lester reports

  • Calling for a revolution to resolve food's sustainability paradox

    06 November 2023

    Innovation and investment are needed to deliver more food production yet cut the industry's greenhouse gas emissions, argue Vincent Nobilet and Frédéric Dubois