Analysis

  • Corona and climate change: A new road map?

    31 March 2020

    The Covid-19 pandemic offers sobering lessons on readiness for climate-related disruptions that, unlike the virus, will not respond to quarantine and social distance, argues Paula DiPerna

  • Green bond comment: April 2020

    27 March 2020

    The IFC and AfDB have demonstrated how the social bond market can help combat the coronavirus pandemic, writes Michael Hurley

  • Transition to a climate bond rating system

    26 March 2020

    A new climate rating system is needed for all bonds, argues Michael Eckhart one of the original authors of the Green Bond Principles

  • Private sector report from the Green Climate Fund

    24 March 2020

    The latest board meeting of the fund was held in Geneva because of the coronavirus. Margaret-Ann Splawn shares her reflections of the meeting

  • Stimulus packages could give 'green lining' to coronavirus cloud

    23 March 2020

    Governments have an opportunity to use their significant fiscal responses to the coronavirus pandemic to help rather than hinder long-term progress on climate action. Ahren Lester explains.

  • Comment: Coronavirus and climate change

    19 March 2020

    Covid-19 could cause emissions to fall this year, but it may hinder a crucial COP, says Peter Cripps

  • Strong performance for green, social and sustainability bond funds in 2019

    16 March 2020

    After a torrid 2018 green, social and sustainability bond funds experienced a stronger performance in 2019, off the back of a rallying fixed income market. But performances were highly variable, reports Ahren Lester.

  • Explaining the concept of dynamic materiality

    13 March 2020

    What is material today may not be tomorrow, and what is not material today may be tomorrow, argue Thomas Kuh, and Andre Shepley

  • The Nuveen approach to impact

    11 March 2020

    Rekha Unnithan says Nuveen's years of experience differentiate it from the new kids on the block billion-dollar impact funds, reports Michael Hurley

  • ESG Data Files, part eight: Infrastructure, continued

    10 March 2020

    As well as considering the ESG credentials of an infrastructure project, investors should also consider resilience. Christopher Marchant reports