Analysis

• Corporates are the elephant in the impact room: here's what to do about them

  21 October 2019

  A tool being devised by UNEP FI will help assess corporates' impact on the SDGs, says Careen Abb

  

• How the green, social and sustainability bond market impacts the Sustainable Development Goals

  21 October 2019

  Frameworks and external reviews in the green, social and sustainability bond markets have increasingly reported which of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) they will help to meet.

  

• Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals

  21 October 2019

  More strategic thinking about investors' role in achieving the SDGs is needed, argues Cary Krosinsky

  

• Onward Christian Super

  21 October 2019

  The Australian superannuation fund has 10% of its assets in impact investments.Tim Macready explains its approach

  

• A bright future for green unicorns

  18 October 2019

  We are seeing the emergence of a new species of 'green unicorns' – exceptional mid-sized companies providing renewable energy that are valued close to or above €1bn, explain Eric Arnould and Anne-Christine Champion.

  

• A nuanced perspective on 'transition bonds'

  15 October 2019

  Rather than talk about creating a transition bond label, let's talk about the broader direction of the labelled bond market, says Jacob Michaelsen

  

• ESG in Fixed Income featuring Green bonds Americas conference 2019

  14 October 2019

  The conference attracted 300 delegates this year, as the discussion broadened out to cover sustainability in the overall fixed income market. Michael Hurley and Peter Cripps report

  

• Fossil fuel exclusion proves a slow burn for US insurers

  07 October 2019

  US insurers say they are ready to stop investing in climate-harming coal. But only one has divested from the fossil fuel to date. Could Chubb’s move be the start of a wider transition by US insurers away from fossil fuels or is it empty talk? Sarfraz Thind reports.

  

• ESG data files: Part five - the impact of the EU's taxonomy

  04 October 2019

  Will the EU's sustainability taxonomy reduce the reporting burden on companies, or could it be another weight on their shoulders? Michael Hurley reports

  

• Green bond comment: BIS backing signals market's maturity

  02 October 2019

  The launch of a green bond fund by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), on 16 September, marks a new milestone on the market's long march to maturity.