Analysis

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

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 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'

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

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

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

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

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

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

The US is pulling ahead of the EU and UK because of its shorter-term climate fix of subsidies and tax credits, argues Max Griffin