-
Accelerating global transition to net zero: Japan's financial innovation
21 February 2024Japan's foray into climate transition bonds is a commendable step forward, serving as an inspiration and a call to action for economies worldwide to follow suit, writes Sean Kidney
-
'Big opportunities' for US sustainable bonds in 2024
20 February 2024Although surprised by the scale of the US sustainable bond contraction in 2023, CA-CIB's Romina Reversi tells Ahren Lester that opportunities abound in 2024
-
The future of eDNA
16 February 2024Data provider NatureMetrics says demand is booming for its eDNA testing. Genevieve Redgrave visits its lab to find out more.
-
The power of debt to catalyse change
15 February 2024The decarbonisation of a Chilean copper mine's energy use shows how transition finance can enact positive change, writes Matt Christ
-
Webinar Q&A: WWF and MAS on 'green' central banking and regulation
14 February 2024Regulators are bolstering their work on transition planning and nature as they look to support the transition to net zero, Annabelle Palmer reports
-
SFDR - still a work-in-progress
13 February 2024What would investors like to see from Version 2.0 of the EU's much-maligned Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation? Michael Hurley reports
-
ESG at the crossroads
12 February 2024Private markets firms are pioneering use of artificial intelligence (AI) to sharpen their ESG analysis, Chandini Jain writes
-
World Bank: Expect 'more and bigger' outcomes-based bonds
09 February 2024Following the Bank's recent plastic waste reduction bond, Michael Bennett tells Ahren Lester that its ambitions are growing
-
ESG controversy scores are impacting bond pricing
05 February 2024Climate risk is still not efficiently being priced in bond markets, but the impact of exclusions and controversy scores give a glimpse to the future. Ahren Lester reports
-
Regulating ESG ratings: Mission impossible?
02 February 2024As regulators around the world seek to define good practice for ESG raters, they are discovering the complexities of doing so, writes Michael Hurley
- Natural capital will become a fundamental component of investors' portfolios
- Comment: The rumpus over SBTi's offsetting U-turn
- Rise of transition plans could remedy regulatory 'failure' to boost transition finance
- Jury still out on transition bond label
- Gabon's debt-for-nature swap 'still works' despite coup, LGIM says
- Sustainable bond market continues to show signs of improvement in 2024
- IFC and T.Rowe Price pledge $150m to blue bond strategy
- Hungary mulling transition bond following Japan's success
- EU should create 'sustainability-linked green bond' label, says IEEFA
- Transition funds are no longer just about impact, says RGreen