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Japan: a land of climate opportunity
29 September 2023Japan has high GHG emissions but its companies provide a compelling energy transition investment opportunity, writes Masayuki Teraguchi
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Innovative small businesses need a bigger role at COPs
28 September 2023The COP process needs to listen to the voices of innovative small businesses if net zero is to be delivered, Jan Lozek writes
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Berkshire Hills: Issuing a sustainable bond is a 'no brainer'
27 September 2023Berkshire 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'
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The importance of developing sustainability reporting standards for the public sector
26 September 2023As 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
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Acciona: Impact in the sustainable bond market is very low
25 September 2023Frustrated 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
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Real economy sustainable bonds: Spotlight on Romania
20 September 2023Guy Richardson looks at the prospects for the sustainable debt issuance from the country's power, agribusiness, and transport sectors
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Nature disclosures 'will become the norm'
18 September 2023The final TNFD recommendations have been released, with a call for immediate adoption, writes Michael Hurley
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S&P Shades of Green: Updated SPO offers more than just 'an extra shade'
18 September 2023The 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
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Will today prove a turning point for natural capital?
15 September 2023What 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
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The Tortoise and the Hare of sustainable investing
14 September 2023The US is pulling ahead of the EU and UK because of its shorter-term climate fix of subsidies and tax credits, argues Max Griffin
- COP28: Financing Net Zero
- Financing the 'missing middle' for climate tech
- UK sustainability disclosure rules unveiled in 'important moment' for tackling greenwashing
- Agricultural climate and nature data platform launched
- Inaugural COP report published
- 10% of sustainability-linked bonds 'not aligned' with ICMA principles, says Fitch
- S&P: Physical climate risk could reduce global economy by 4.4% a year
- ECB should consider nature risks in bond purchases and lending, Elderson says
- Brazil: Investors must seize NBS and climate-smart tech opportunities now
- ICSWG updates climate competency framework to include stewardship reporting