Analysis

  • Green Bond Comment - September

    05 October 2016

    Green bond issuance of almost $6 billion in September took the nine-month total for this year to $61.8 billion – more than twice the figure for the same period last year.

  • Standardising assessments to boost green investment

    03 October 2016

    Michael Wilkins explains why new assessment tools – for green bonds and corporate ESG factors – may help increase green investment.

  • Profile: Jupiter's multi-asset Ecology fund takes a bite out of Apple

    30 September 2016

    Jupiter Asset Management's new multi-asset Ecology fund will allow it to invest in a broader range of companies than before, the asset manager tells Hamza Ali.

  • The road to Marrakesh is paved with green intentions

    26 September 2016

    The Paris climate change summit will be a tough act to follow, but its successor is shaping up to be an important meeting in its own right. Hamza Ali and Peter Cripps report

  • Matching cities and investors for a sustainable future

    21 September 2016

    Much work is being done to help cities lower their emissions, but more needs to be done to help them attract private sector investment, argues Maia Kutner

  • Who will win the race to become the green financial capital of the world?

    19 September 2016

    Financial centres across the globe are vying to place themselves at the heart of the emerging, low-carbon, resource-resilient economy, reports Hamza Ali

  • Why NEST hatched an ESG strategy

    16 September 2016

    The auto enrollment pension scheme set up by the UK government has put ESG at the heart of its investment processes, and is now thinking about how to deal with the transition to a low-carbon economy, says Paul Todd

  • PRI to expel poor performers

    12 September 2016

    The Principles for Responsible Investment plans to name and shame the leaders and laggards among its signatories, as it enters its second decade. Graham Cooper reports

  • Handelsbanken - backing sustainability for the long haul

    07 September 2016

    Sweden's Handelsbanken believes its sustainable lending and investment policies help it outperform its peers. Graham Cooper reports

  • Helping cities in developing countries benefit from the green bond market

    05 September 2016

    There are numerous ways in which cities in the 'global South' can tap into the green bond market, argues Padraig Oliver

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