Analysis

  • Engaging on biodiversity

    20 December 2023

    Rachael Monteiro explains how WHEB has been engaging with companies to put biodiversity on their sustainability agenda

  • Fitch: Social to rise up the sustainable bond agenda in 2024

    19 December 2023

    Nature-related sustainable bond issuance is set to give social co-benefits greater prominence in 2024, Sustainable Fitch says. Ahren Lester reports

  • Sustainability-linked shipping finance ready to set sail

    18 December 2023

    Shipping firms could turn to more sustainability-linked finance after the IMO delivered a long-awaited net zero transition plan. Ahren Lester reports

  • A Fair Cop?

    15 December 2023

    Promising initiatives were announced at COP28, but these are only scratching the surface of the opportunity, writes Kieron Boyle

  • Finance sector action on deforestation is a no-brainer

    14 December 2023

    Eliminating deforestation is a vital bridge between the climate and nature crises, writes Freya Bannochie

  • COP28: The role of quality data in climate reporting

    11 December 2023

    It is becoming essential for asset managers to report transparently on their approach and outcomes relating to climate risks, writes Martina Macpherson

  • COP28: carnival of chaos

    08 December 2023

    The climate negotiations have become a sideshow at the world's biggest sustainable finance conference, writes Peter Cripps

  • Opening the black box of sovereign debt and climate risks

    07 December 2023

    Sovereign debt investors are ready to use the first-of-its-kind Ascor tool to assess countries' climate progress, Adam Matthews and Esther Law tell Michael Hurley

  • The forest that hides the climate

    06 December 2023

    Countries' common interest in forests presents an opportunity to achieve significant climate progress, but the path forward is challenging, writes Philippe Zaouati

  • It's time to think beyond offsets

    06 December 2023

    The debate over carbon offsets won't die down anytime soon. But to safeguard the nature, we need to look at alternatives to them, argue Magalie Masamba and Malango Mughogho