Analysis

  • ESG data: Transformation by regulation

    05 June 2022

    As the latest update of Environmental Finance's ESG Data Guide is released, the next growth phase of the rapidly evolving ESG data market will be driven by regulation, writes Peter Cripps

  • Examining countries' vulnerability to physical climate risks

    03 June 2022

    S&P Global Ratings assesses the vulnerability of 135 countries to climate change and lays out the case for climate finance

  • Nature is the new climate

    02 June 2022

    We are seeing the beginning of a shift in policy to provide explicit financial incentives for nature inclusion and restoration, argues Megan Reilly Cayten

  • A transition taxonomy: ready or not?

    31 May 2022

    Could extending the EU's taxonomy to unsustainable and intermediate activities prove trickier than work on 'green', Michael Hurley asks

  • France's 'perfectly timed' inflation-linked green bond debut

    30 May 2022

    With a longstanding reputation as a prolific green bond issuer and innovator, France welcomed the strong demand for its 'perfectly timed' green 'linker' debut. Ahren Lester reports

  • DBS: We need more innovation

    25 May 2022

    As the renewable energy challenge becomes more difficult, DBS is looking to get creative, Lim Wee Seng tells Genevieve Redgrave

  • America's first state conservation law for private finance

    24 May 2022

    A new law in Maryland may be a model to encourage private capital to expand its role in environmental conservation, writes Timothy Male

  • New buyers in carbon markets are 'distorting' prices

    23 May 2022

    'Over-zealous' investors in the voluntary carbon market are making 'crazy' high offers for offsets, Vaughan Lindsay tells Madeleine Jenkins

  • Boards need climate competence, not more numbers

    20 May 2022

    Investors should focus engagement on ensuring company management has climate expertise, argues Laura Zizzo

  • BNP Paribas is assured it will make net-zero

    19 May 2022

    BNP Paribas is expanding its net zero lending targets to seven new sectors, Laurence Pessez tells Genevieve Redgrave

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