Analysis

• Repsol's green bond: exploring the controversy

  19 May 2017

  Spanish oil & gas company Repsol issued a controversial green bond that immediately raised concerns, mainly because it represents more investment in production that results in more carbon emissions, even if more efficiently. Marcio Viegas assesses the controversy

  

• Using scenario analysis to mitigate climate risks

  17 May 2017

  Climate scenario modelling has now moved beyond simple risk management to become a genuine strategic imperative, says Amine Bel Hadj Soulami

  

• Mapping the finance for Paris

  16 May 2017

  Ian Callaghan and Tessa Tennant examine who is doing what to help finance the commitments made as part of the Paris Agreement on climate change.

  

• Zurich's CIO explains the importance of ESG

  08 May 2017

  Urban Angehrn oversees Zurich Insurance Group's $190 billion asset book. With no pure asset management business in the group, he talks to Asa Gibson about how responsible investment fits in with its asset management selection process.

  

• Investor water risk: the information you need that you don't yet have

  05 May 2017

  Data on water needs viewed in context if it is to be properly understood, argues Alexis Morgan

  

• Green bond comment: April was all about innovation and infrastructure

  03 May 2017

  April was a solid month for green bond issuance, raising some $5.6 billion. That figure is up on the $5.3 billion for the same month last year, mainly thanks to a RMB15000 ($2.2 billion) from Bank of Beijing, the biggest Chinese green bond of the year.

  

• Comment: Insurers need to move from climate talk to climate action

  28 April 2017

  Could Axa's decision this week to stop underwriting coal projects be copied by the rest of the insurance sector, asks Peter Bosshard

  

• Energy efficiency needs historic level of public-private cooperation

  27 April 2017

  With the support of the public sector, over the next two to three years energy efficiency will rise up the corporate investment agenda and become more of a mainstream financing activity, writes Stephen Hibbert

  

• Time for a more equitable financial system

  24 April 2017

  The Principles for Responsible Investment is launching a new initiative to promote sustainability in the financial system. Nathan Fabian explains

  

• President Trump vs Obama-era climate change policies

  24 April 2017

  Jon Sohn and Andrew Shaw explain how President Trump is attempting to rewrite US environmental regulations.