The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) has recommended banks link executive pay to climate risk performance, which a leading law firm said could drive greater "consistency" of bank policies globally...
North Sky Capital is increasingly targeting investment in methane capture technology, urban solar and other 'speciality' renewable energy projects in its' impact funds, having found greater returns with these projects than in larger wind and solar farm projects.
Private banks have grown their sustainable investing product offering significantly in recent years, driven by client demand and regulation - but 'concern' remains about unsubstantiated claims of positive impact, researchers have said.
The covenants attached to 'speculative'-grade sustainable bonds in 2021 were weaker in quality than their non-sustainable bonds equivalents, with the trend demonstrated particularly among sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs).
If biodiversity credits can capture the nature-related value of an area, they could become a "huge thing for finance", an investor has claimed.
The EU should introduce a higher target for its recently introduced corporate board gender quota requirement, after data revealed EU firms are already in line with the current goal.
Voluntary carbon market (VCM) experts have launched an exchange-traded contract for carbon credits using a single, standardised reference price for carbon emission removals.