Madeleine Jenkins

BoE's Breeden warns against 'paper decarbonisation'

There is a risk of a failed energy transition if financial institutions do not back up their transition plans with investment to decarbonise heavy-emitting activities, a senior Bank of England official has warned.

Big Society Capital invests in £25m UK diversity fund

Video: Jonathan Maes (European Commission) at ESG in Fixed Income EMEA 2022

Jonathan Maes, a seconded national expert at the European Commission, was asked to comment on how sovereigns could divest from state-owned fossil fuel companies, rather than 'perpetually engage' with them.

Credit Suisse & Rockefeller push ocean fund companies for scope 3 data

'World-first' green fintech taxonomy goes live

A system to classify financial technology in shades of sustainability has been launched in what is thought to be a world first.

Verra bans greenwashing cryptos using retired credits

Verra, the world's largest verifier of carbon credits and offsets, has banned the practice of creating instruments or tokens based on retired credits, as their environmental benefits have already been consumed.

Gold Standard to monitor impact of carbon markets

BlackRock to launch gender-equity funds

GRID raises £150m with share offering

Schroders, L&G, and other investors adopt sustainable housing standard