Analysis

  • Natixis CIB: Transition will be a key growth driver

    05 August 2024

    The French bank feels it is ahead of the game on ESG and hopes the transition to a net zero-carbon economy will help fuel its growth plans, Mohamed Kallala tells Peter Cripps

  • The Global South can't beat climate change without voluntary carbon markets

    02 August 2024

    Voluntary carbon markets can mobilise private finance more effectively and at scale, and must be seen as part of any inclusive climate finance architecture, writes Marissa Lee

  • Lending support in the transition

    01 August 2024

    ING wants other banks to use its approach to judging companies' transition plans. Robert Spruijt explains why to Michael Hurley

  • What investors want from COP16

    31 July 2024

    With less than 100 days until COP16 in Colombia, investors say attention must turn to the implementation of targets. Genevieve Redgrave reports

  • The SBTi must take decisive action on Scope 3

    31 July 2024

    The organisation must not leave carbon project developers and buyers in limbo, argues Simon Turek

  • Green enabling: opening Pandora's Box?

    29 July 2024

    Guidelines on how to define 'green enabling activities' are pushing the boundaries of sustainable finance, Orith Azoulay tells Peter Cripps

  • Judging the credibility of transition plans, part two

    29 July 2024

    Investors preparing for a wave of transition plan disclosures face a complicated task to determine 'what good looks like', Michael Hurley writes

  • Judging the credibility of transition plans, part one

    26 July 2024

    Investors preparing for a wave of transition plan disclosures face a complicated task to determine 'what good looks like', Michael Hurley writes

  • A burning need for carbon finance in clean cooking

    25 July 2024

    Carbon finance can be a powerful catalyst to help make universal access to clean cooking solutions a reality by 2030, writes Nick Marshall

  • A tropical forests mechanism can help scale-up financing to protect the world's forests

    24 July 2024

    The proposed mechanism could attract and deploy financial resources to countries committed to forest conservation, write Pedro Moura Costa, Tasso Azevedo and Ilona Szabó