Analysis

• How a new generation of policies can drive climate action

  03 October 2023

  A new report has identified 10 features of effective policy frameworks, write Rory Sullivan, Robert Black and Paul Smith

  

• Japan: a land of climate opportunity

  29 September 2023

  Japan has high GHG emissions but its companies provide a compelling energy transition investment opportunity, writes Masayuki Teraguchi

  

• Innovative small businesses need a bigger role at COPs

  28 September 2023

  The COP process needs to listen to the voices of innovative small businesses if net zero is to be delivered, Jan Lozek writes

  

• Berkshire Hills: Issuing a sustainable bond is a 'no brainer'

  27 September 2023

  Berkshire Hills hopes its ground-breaking sustainability bond will be followed by others, but the US community bank's Gary Levante tells Ahren Lester the market needs a small and mid-cap 'evolution'

  

• The importance of developing sustainability reporting standards for the public sector

  26 September 2023

  As the baseline for private sector sustainability reporting is finalized, the public sector has started to build on this to address its own specific needs, writes Ian Carruthers

  

• Acciona: Impact in the sustainable bond market is very low

  25 September 2023

  Frustrated by the limited impact of sustainable bonds, the Spain-based conglomerate has published an additionality-focused framework it hopes will help transform the market. Ahren Lester reports

  

• Real economy sustainable bonds: Spotlight on Romania

  20 September 2023

  Guy Richardson looks at the prospects for the sustainable debt issuance from the country's power, agribusiness, and transport sectors

  

• Nature disclosures 'will become the norm'

  18 September 2023

  The final TNFD recommendations have been released, with a call for immediate adoption, writes Michael Hurley

  

• S&P Shades of Green: Updated SPO offers more than just 'an extra shade'

  18 September 2023

  The financial research and analysis firm tells Ahren Lester its updated second-party opinion (SPO) methodology is more than just a marriage of the separate S&P and Shades of Green models

  

• Will today prove a turning point for natural capital?

  15 September 2023

  What is the TNFD's final framework released on Monday expected to say, and will it mark an inflection point for embedding nature in finance, asks Genevieve Redgrave