Analysis

  • Best performing funds of 2017: KBI Institutional Water Fund A (GBP)

    15 February 2018

    Riding the 'third wave' of water equity investing has helped KBI's Institutional Water Fund outperform, says Michael Hurley

  • Best performing funds of 2017: Dimensional's International Sustainability Core 1 Portfolio

    12 February 2018

    A focus on stocks with lower carbon intensity paid off for Dimensional's International Sustainability Core 1 Portfolio in 2017

  • Q&A with Christian Thimann, a leading light in sustainable finance

    09 February 2018

    The chair of HLEG and vice-chair of the TCFD shares his views on the reports' key findings and their implications for the insurance sector.

  • Green bond comment, January 2018: What has the green bond market ever done for us?

    08 February 2018

    In the classic film Monty Python's Life of Brian, a group plotting to overthrow the Roman Empire ask: 'What have the Romans ever done for us?'

  • Zero-subsidy auctions show long-term viability of renewables

    06 February 2018

    Recent changes in the economics of renewable energy present a growing opportunity for investors, says Zoe Vanderwolk

  • Overcoming the obstacles facing new carbon market mechanisms

    02 February 2018

    Junji Hatano reviews practical challenges for international carbon markets under the Paris Agreement and explores how they could be overcome in a way that will ensure private sector participation.

  • Notes from the inside: reflections on HLEG one year on

    31 January 2018

    The final report by the High-Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance is ambitious but also practical, argues Ingrid Holmes

  • Meeting climate goals while unlocking productivity and delivering growth

    22 January 2018

    A major expansion of green infrastructure is urgently needed and it makes economic as well as environmental sense, says Zoë Knight.

  • Scenario analysis: creating memories of the future

    12 January 2018

    The TCFD suggests companies should use scenario analysis to help them report climate risks. But what should they look like, asks Peter Cripps

  • Comment: Assessing Nigeria's sovereign green bond

    10 January 2018

    Issuing its first sovereign green bond was a significant achievement for Africa's biggest economy, but it missed an opportunity to make a much bigger capital markets splash, argues Keith Mullin