Analysis

  • Climate adaptation 'needs more guidance' for sustainable bonds

    17 January 2025

    Adapation-focused sustainable bonds are expected to accelerate in 2025, but Sustainable Fitch argues more guidance is needed for it to fully emerge front of stage. Ahren Lester reports

  • Japan: The case for transition bonds

    16 January 2025

    A transition bond is 'beneficial' for investors, GX Acceleration Agency's Hideki Takada tells Ahren Lester

  • Comment: NZAM and others must adapt or die

    15 January 2025

    Whether bodies such as NZAM will be able to prevent further departures remains to be seen, writes Rob Langston

  • Nature risk is business risk: Why financial reporting needs a mindset shift

    14 January 2025

    The future of accounting is through a multi-capital lens - where a company's impacts and dependencies are measured and assessed across natural and social capital, incorporating these into traditional financial statements, argues Rishi Kalra

  • Growth opportunities from the energy transition

    13 January 2025

    Amid a concerted global effort to decarbonize industries, particularly the energy sector, what are the investment opportunities for institutional investors, asks Sarah Wilson

  • Comment: Investors need to target sovereigns in 2025

    10 January 2025

    As California burns and 1.5°C drifts out of reach, it is time for investors to move up the value chain, argues Peter Cripps

  • GAM: 'Financials are the place to be within sustainability bonds'

    10 January 2025

    More than three years since GAM's Sustainable Climate Bond fund launched, Romain Miginiac tells Ahren Lester that the financial sector remains immensely attractive for both impact and returns

  • More 'honesty' needed about biodiversity funds, says AXA IM

    09 January 2025

    Investors are increasingly interested in the market's largest biodiversity strategy but better labelling guidelines is required, Anna Väänänen tells Genevieve Redgrave

  • Unveiling Scope 3 emissions: A crucial shift for investors

    08 January 2025

    Accounting for these emissions, long overlooked due to their complexity, would go a long way to supporting a net-zero transition in the real economy, writes Udo Riese

  • Nature is having to fight with other ESG issues

    07 January 2025

    First Sentier's Joanne Lee outlines the asset manager's evolving approach to nature. Genevieve Redgrave reports