Analysis

  • Mobilising private finance to address the biodiversity crisis

    31 March 2025

    Evidence of private sector momentum in scaling biodiversity funding is increasing, but not fast enough, write Frank Rijsberman, Juan Casado Asensio and Dominique Blaquier

  • Why nature can't wait for capital

    28 March 2025

    It's time to bring high-integrity carbon projects to the forefront, and leave behind approaches that prioritise carbon accounting over genuine nature restoration, writes Tim Ferraro

  • Blended finance in fragile contexts: Ukraine as a test case

    27 March 2025

    An OECD and Environmental Finance conference discussed the role of blended finance in crises and conflict-affected contexts, using Ukraine as an example. Romina Bandura and Emilia Stazi summarise

  • ASCOR: Growth, refinements to continue after 'strong' 2024

    26 March 2025

    The Assessing Sovereign Climate-related Opportunities and Risks (ASCOR) tool is expected to be expanded to 80 countries by the end of 2025.

  • Biodiversity financing and the European Green Deal: an opportunity amidst adversity

    25 March 2025

    The European Green Deal, which aims to transform the EU into the first climate-neutral continent and halt biodiversity loss, is currently in jeopardy, writes Geoffroy Marcassoli

  • Solving Scope 3

    24 March 2025

    GMO has devised its own Scope 3 emissions data to give investors the 'complete picture', George Sakoulis tells Rob Langston

  • Addressing the hidden water footprint of data and AI

    21 March 2025

    Rising adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) is indirectly driving soaring water consumption by data centres, write Lisa Beauvilain, Matthew Wright & Johan Florén

  • The impact of SDR goes deeper than its four sustainability labels

    20 March 2025

    The FCA's Sustainability Disclosure Requirements regime is helping purge the fund market, writes Jennifer Forrest

  • Sustainable bond funds upbeat after positive year

    18 March 2025

    The sustainable bond fund market recorded its second consecutive year of positive returns in 2024, with optimism high for another robust year for fixed income returns. Ahren Lester reports

  • McDonald's, Walmart and Ferrari: What biodiversity funds are holding

    17 March 2025

    Hermes, Netflix and Apple are among the companies held by some biodiversity funds. Genevieve Redgrave looks under the hood of their top 10 holdings