Analysis

• What does regulation mean for the future of ESG ratings?

  25 May 2026

  The EU's ESG ratings regulation raises existential questions for some providers, Michael Hurley writes

  

• Australian superannuation funds slow to act on nature

  22 May 2026

  Assessment of risks and capital allocation remains inconsistent and uncommon, writes Genevieve Redgrave

  

• Comment: Can SLBs survive? Only if current issuers nurture not neglect them

  20 May 2026

  Late-in-the-day target tweaks are unhelpful for the future of sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs), Ahren Lester argues

  

• The mistake costing investors African alpha

  19 May 2026

  Perceived frontier risk can be transformed into bankable, European‑style infrastructure cash flows, writes Marie Lam-Frendo

  

• Beyond aid - the case for a new development compact

  18 May 2026

  The architecture that governs development finance is no longer fit for purpose, writes Leslie Maasdorp

  

• 'Nature is not a separate or secondary topic to climate'

  13 May 2026

  Nordic Investment Bank is taking "important first steps" to make nature core to sustainable finance, Zanda Krukle tells Ahren Lester

  

• A blue economy investment framework

  12 May 2026

  Rolando Morillo, Emily Claire Mackey Faubel and Mark Spalding present a practitioner's guide to ocean engagement in public equities

  

• Sustainability data has become operational intelligence

  11 May 2026

  Companies treating data disclosure as a checkbox-exercise will find they are increasingly left behind, writes Rachel Delacour

  

• Australian blue finance market is 'meaningful opportunity'

  08 May 2026

  The Helena Water 'blue loan' sets a precedent for the market, Owen Matthews tells Ahren Lester

  

• The $10bn GSS bond investor

  06 May 2026

  As its labelled bond portfolio approaches $10 billion in size, Zurich Insurance Group's Danielle Brassel says measuring the portfolio's impact remains a challenge. Peter Cripps reports