News

  • Jefferies: Investors 'underappreciate' EU nature policy

    18 January 2023

    Investors need to be aware of significant EU corporate regulations, which align with the targets of the COP15 biodiversity agreement, Jefferies Equity Research has said.

  • Anew: 2025 targets drive boost in demand for voluntary carbon credits

    18 January 2023

    Companies are snapping up voluntary carbon credits as they seek to fulfil their looming interim decarbonisation targets, an executive at Anew Climate has said.

  • Australian companies face rising scrutiny of 'social license to operate', says UBS

    18 January 2023

    Pressure on companies to prove they have a 'social license to operate' will be heightened in Australia in 2023 as social issues are more intensely scrutinised, said UBS.

  • First US central bank-led climate analysis to assess risks to real estate

    18 January 2023

    The six largest US banks are to study the exposure of their real estate portfolios to physical risks posed by climate change, in the country's first climate scenario analysis exercise led by the Federal Reserve Board.

  • BlueOrchard's InsuResilience strategy invests in Brazilian insurer

    18 January 2023

    A strategy that invests in insurers it believes can help strengthen the resilience of developing countries to climate change has made an investment in a Brazilian insurer.

  • Sustainability-focused Article 9 funds 'underreporting' exposure to fossil fuels

    18 January 2023

    Investors have been warned of underreporting by sustainability-focused funds of their exposures to polluting companies, after analysis of EU 'Article 9' funds suggested that only 10% accurately disclose such information.

  • Biodiversity Insight 2023 published

    18 January 2023

    Environmental Finance has published Biodiversity Insight 2023, featuring articles about how investors are incorporating biodiversity concerns into their decisions in light of the Global Biodiversity Framework agreed at COP15.

  • S&P: $1trn sustainable bond market could return in 2023

    17 January 2023

    S&P Global Ratings has forecast that the sustainable bond market could return to being a trillion dollar market in 2023, with growth expected to comfortably exceed that of the broader bond market.

  • S&P launches nature metrics methodology

    17 January 2023

    A methodology for assessing corporate impacts and dependencies on nature has been launched by S&P Global and UN Environment Programme (UNEP).

  • Define greenwashing before trying to punish it, EFAMA tells regulator

    17 January 2023

    The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) has told EU regulators that until there is a satisfactory definition of what constitutes greenwashing, action to curb the practice needs to be "proportionate" to the currently limited understanding.