Thomas Cox

Rapid rise in sovereign funds adoption of ESG

71% of sovereign wealth funds have incorporated environmental, social and governance (ESG) into their investment process, up from 20% last year, a survey has found.

NGFS: Supervisors must recognise risks of climate lawsuits

Financial supervisory authorities and central banks need to monitor the risks from the increasing trend of climate-related lawsuits...

Bond round-up: Peru, SGP, BNG, Proximus, Henkel, Stedin, NTT ... and more

Basel Committee proposes 18 climate risk principles

The global standard setter of banking regulation has proposed 18 'principles' for managing and supervising climate-related financial risk.

The 10 biggest announcements from COP26

COP26 provoked a blizzard of announcements from countries, companies and investors on how they plan to tackle climate change.

Bond round-up: Ford, Faurecia, TenneT, Atos, Colgate-Palmolive, Dios ... and more

COP26 round-up, 10 November: Cars, Amazon and asset owners

A day in the life of COP26

The UNFCCC's climate summits are colourful and eclectic events. Thomas Cox describes his first ever COP experience, involving protesters, indigenous peoples, insurers, and coffee that tastes like compost

COP26 round-up, 9 November: Nuclear, Obama and gender

AIIB: Investors must focus on developing countries

Private investors must focus more on adaptation to climate change in developing countries if COP26 is to be a success...