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S&P acquires climate risk data provider
04 January 2022S&P Global has bought The Climate Service, which analyses physical climate risk for corporates, investors and governments.
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Inflation will benefit green stocks, says fund manager
24 December 2021Investors in green companies have nothing to fear from the bout of inflation roiling stock markets, a leading sustainable fund manager has argued.
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The themes set to shape 2022
15 December 2021It was hard to keep up with the pace of developments in sustainable finance in 2021. Expect further acceleration in the year to come, writes Peter Cripps
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Plans published for EU's corporate sustainability database
26 November 2021Fresh details have emerged about a planned EU-wide corporate sustainability database, after the European Commission published legislative proposals.
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Three investors back sustainable shrimp start-up
26 November 2021A start-up that aims to make the Asian shrimp industry more sustainable has secured funding from three investors.
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COP26 draft agreement 'needs more ambition'
10 November 2021A draft agreement thrashed out at COP26 has been praised for committing to phase out coal and subsidies for fossil fuels, but was lambasted for failing to scale up climate finance to the most vulnerable countries, and was accused of an overall lack of ambition.
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PBOC launches green lending tool
09 November 2021The People's Bank of China (PBoC) has launched a green financing tool to help boost the country's slowing economy.
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Markets 'unmoved' by blizzard of COP26 announcements
08 November 2021The flurry of announcements emanating from the COP26 summit in Glasgow have yet to make an impact on financial markets, a sustainability-focused fund manager has claimed.
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COP26 round-up, 4 November: The end of coal 'in sight' following historic pledges
04 November 202123 countries made commitments to phase out coal power, including five of the world's top 20 coal power-using countries.
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Investors welcome UK's plans for mandatory transition reporting
03 November 2021Investors and NGOs have given a cautious welcome to the UK's plans to introduce mandatory reporting for financial firms on their transition strategies.
- La Banque Postale invests in ESG data startup
- COP29: Financing Net Zero
- France launches voluntary biodiversity credit market
- BNP Paribas targets $500m for developed markets forestry fund
- Artesian: Two-way coupons could 'reignite' SLB market
- Finance Earth plans for life after Federated Hermes following withdrawal from collaborations
- Converting Bridgerton to Bog Hall
- EU countries failing to transpose CSRD risk increasing costs of compliance, observers say
- EU countries reject move to weaken Deforestation Regulation
- Fight or flight: Contract and financing considerations for UK SAF projects
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Bahamas signs 'ground-breaking' $300m debt-for-nature loan deal
22 November 2024The Bahamas has signed a $300 million loan with Standard Chartered as part of a ground-breaking marine conservation-focused debt conversion transaction developed with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
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Debt-for-nature deals are 'growing very rapidly and are very scalable'
22 November 2024The nature financing gap remains concerningly wide, but the increasingly active debt-for-nature market offers hope that the tide is turning. Ahren Lester reports
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Scaling Biodiversity Credits
21 November 2024The International Advisory Panel on Biodiversity credits launched at COP16 a framework consisting of 21 High-Level Principles to ensure the high-integrity of the biodiversity credit market. Ingrid Kukuljan explains what they hope to achieve
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Account for nature on balance sheets, says Sustainable Markets Initiative
21 November 2024The public and private sectors have been encouraged to account for nature as an asset by the Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI) to deliver more accurate balance sheet information.
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UN Principles for Responsible Banking cuts reporting requirements
21 November 2024