Analysis

  • What will the 'next generation' SPO market look like?

    20 April 2026

    The second party opinion market faces a period of rapid evolution, providing opportunities to strengthen the product. Ahren Lester reports

  • Personality of the year: Marjan Divjak

    16 April 2026

    Marjan Divjak's leadership in structuring and executing Slovenia's inaugural sustainability-linked bond has set an example for sovereign issuers seeking to link capital markets with measurable environmental outcomes.

  • Exclusive: Goldman Sachs pilots AI for nature measurement

    15 April 2026

    Goldman Sachs exclusively reveals how AI could 'transform' nature measurement and facilitate the growth of nature-linked finance. Genevieve Redgrave reports

  • Renewable natural gas: what investors should know

    09 April 2026

    Ahead of a predicted wave of transactions, Dave Lindenmuth points out some risks and opportunities

  • 'Convergence on how to use taxonomies in sustainable debt is key'

    08 April 2026

    The Australian Sustainable Finance Institute's Nicole Yazbek-Martin hopes its guidance will serve as a "blueprint" for others to follow. Ahren Lester reports

  • SFDR fossil fuel exclusions split investors amid transition and energy security fears

    07 April 2026

    Fossil exclusion criteria have emerged as a flashpoint in a consultation about how to overhaul the EU's much maligned reporting regulation, writes Michael Hurley

  • Sector-specific standards: (re)opening Pandora's box?

    06 April 2026

    Investors are wary that overhauling sector-based sustainability reporting rules could increase complexity, Michael Hurley writes

  • Could the US conservation easement model be the answer to improving biodiversity in Europe?

    03 April 2026

    Conservation easements provide the bridge between working landscapes and rewilding objectives, writes Charlie Pringle

  • UK Sustainability Reporting Standards: an opportunity to enhance resilience

    31 March 2026

    Key benefits of early engagement include improved access to capital, enhanced supply chain resilience and expanding profit margins, write Dale Tromans and Joseph Smith

  • Analysis: Sustainable bond market passes $7trn

    27 March 2026

    The most recent trillion dollars of issuance reveals the changing shape of the market - Ahren Lester crunches the numbers