Analysis

  • SPO providers hail sustainable debt market innovation despite contraction

    02 September 2025

    Optimism for SLB prospects is widespread among SPO providers, as issuers continue to focus on sustainable debt innovation amid the market slowdown. Ahren Lester reports

  • Sustainability labels - putting biodiversity on a shelf

    01 September 2025

    From an investor's perspective, certification frameworks translate to better-managed environmental risk, greater supply chain stability, and a clearer view of ESG performance on the ground, writes Sylvia Wisniwski

  • Investors take a stand against deforestation

    28 August 2025

    Ahead of the rainforest COP, investors are engaging with Brazil and other governments on the importance of forest protection. Michael Hurley reports

  • Q&A with Allianz's Udo Riese about SCALED

    27 August 2025

    The initiative aims to create fully standardized, comparable products to help boost blended finance flows

  • Seeing the forest for the trees in sustainability reporting

    26 August 2025

    The CSRD can be used as a tool to identify new ways to create value in an ever-changing world, writes Nadja Picard

  • How insurers can help take action before disaster strikes

    25 August 2025

    Anticipatory action can help insurance stay relevant in a changing world, writes Amir Sethu

  • No silver bullet for financed emissions targets

    22 August 2025

    As support for finance industry net-zero initiatives wanes, banks and other financial institutions are changing the way they set climate targets, says Alexander Latter of GIB Asset Management.

  • Unlocking debt financing for Battery Energy Storage Systems

    21 August 2025

    BESS are an essential yet underfunded aspect of energy infrastructure, writes Ben Thompson

  • Corporates looking for 'SBTi Plus' approach to transition plan assessment

    20 August 2025

    SBTi assessments are widely used, but corporates are looking to provide extra layers of credibility. Ahren Lester reports

  • Investors urged to double-down on plastic alternatives despite latest treaty failure

    19 August 2025

    Efforts to reach a Global Plastics Treaty failed, leaving investors to drive the agenda forward, reports Jennifer Forrest