Peter Cripps

ING optimistic of recovery for sustainable debt supply in 2025

The sustainable debt market is "struggling to gain momentum" this year amid higher interest rates and a lack of 'greenium', according to ING, but the Dutch bank is optimistic that issuance could be "invigorated" in 2025.

ICE launches US muni bond physical climate risk indexes

NZDPU expansion 'a major step to closing the data gap', says Carney

A free-to-use database of climate data will be expanded to cover 10,000 companies, based on their disclosures via CDP

French asset owners to announce biodiversity fund at COP16

A group of French asset owners expects to announce the asset manager selected to run a new biodiversity fund at the upcoming biodiversity COP.

Dolma to launch Nepal-focused climate fund

Dolma - an impact investor focused on Nepal - plans to raise its first fund focused on climate change.

'SFDR is an utter disaster'

James Gifford, founding CEO of the PRI and a sustainable finance veteran, shares his thoughts on sustainable finance policy and regulation - and the future of ESG. Peter Cripps reports

'Unlock renewables investment' by freeing up insurers to invest in infrastructure equity

Investment in renewables could be "unlocked" if it was made easier for insurers to invest in infrastructure equity, Schroders Greencoat has claimed.

UK Impact market grows to £77bn, with SDR impact label a potential positive

Impact investments in the UK have grown at a compound rate of 10.1% since 2020, according to a new study by the Impact Investing Institute, arguing that the FCA's new impact label could provide a further boost.

MSCI investor guide to antimicrobial resistance warns of widespread risk, issues call to action

A report by MSCI has found that antimicrobial resistance (AMR) could have a global economic impact of up to $210 trillion by 2050, highlighting funding gaps for many of the companies involved in tackling the issue.

'Standardisation is simplification, not burden': EFRAG's de Cambourg in riposte to Draghi

One of the key figures behind the EU's sustainability reporting standards has defended them after they were criticised by political heavyweight Mario Draghi as contributing to the sustainability reporting burden.