Analysis

• Zimbabwe's attack on carbon offsets

  06 June 2023

  The cancelation of carbon offset contracts by the Zimbabwe government could have wider implications for the fragile voluntary carbon market, argue Brad Handler and Morgan Bazilian

  

• A 'mistake' for regulators to homogenise ESG ratings

  05 June 2023

  Regulators risk stifling market innovation by standardising ESG ratings, and instead should focus on improving transparency, ESG Book's Leon Saunders Calvert tells Genevieve Redgrave

  

• Electrification: The biggest opportunity in the history of capitalism?

  02 June 2023

  The transition to an electrified energy system constitutes a new industrial revolution, but it is unfolding at the speed of digital revolution, José Lazuen writes.

  

• Schroders explains its carbon-offset climate fund

  01 June 2023

  Carbon credits can help get companies over the last mile in their decarbonisation journey, Andy Howard tells Peter Cripps

  

• AIB: SLL bond market development would be 'big plus'

  31 May 2023

  After successful green and social bond issuance, the Irish bank is eager for the sustainable bond market to develop an instrument to directly support sustainability-linked loan lending. Ahren Lester reports

  

• Paris-aligned benchmarks boom but are they helping the transition? Part two

  30 May 2023

  Asset owners are placing money in Paris-aligned benchmarks at a quickening rate but questioned whether they facilitate the transition. Michael Hurley reports

  

• Paris-aligned benchmarks boom but are they helping the transition? Part one

  29 May 2023

  Asset owners are placing money in Paris-aligned benchmarks at a quickening rate but questioned whether they facilitate the transition. Michael Hurley reports

  

• Why proxy advisors must offer investors advice aligned to net zero

  25 May 2023

  Investors are calling for a speciality net-zero policy from proxy advisors, in addition to further incorporation of climate into their standard policies, writes Edward Mason

  

• Profile: Martin Berg of Climate Asset Management

  22 May 2023

  The new CEO of Climate Asset Management, Martin Berg, tells Thomas Cox about the challenge of scaling natural capital.

  

• Sustainable bond impact reports 'still lack comparability'

  19 May 2023

  Bond issuers 'should do more' to align with impact reporting frameworks, an Environmental Finance webinar heard. Ahren Lester reports