Analysis

  • How to make CSDD fit for purpose: The investor perspective

    17 April 2023

    The EU must work to ensure coherence between due diligence rules and those for sustainability disclosures, write Emily Murrell, Elise Attal and Aleksandra Palinska

  • FCA: Building 'trust' in transition finance essential

    14 April 2023

    The UK regulator sees assurance of sustainability-related disclosures as an important next step in promoting integrity in sustainable finance, Mark Manning tells Michael Hurley

  • 'Tide has turned' on UK water companies

    13 April 2023

    Water utilities face a conundrum as they look to invest to address environmental issues, Thomas Cox writes

  • EU regulation in sustainable finance: where do we stand?

    06 April 2023

    The sequencing of regulation risks undermining the credibility of the system and ultimately endangering its results, argue Flavia Micilotta and Thi Hong Van Hoang

  • eFuels: Hydrogen's next big promise?

    04 April 2023

    Electrofuels provide an alternative to conventional liquid fuels and reduce CO2 emissions, writes Allan Baker

  • Union Investment: SLBs can have impact

    03 April 2023

    The market needs to promote the strongest SLBs rather than just pile-in on the weakest in order to support the development of a potentially valuable instrument, Union Investment's Johannes Böhm tells Ahren Lester.

  • ESG-named funds in Europe: A paradigm shift

    31 March 2023

    ESMA's guidelines on fund names will help promote clarity and transparency on ESG-related matters - but potential causes of confusion remain, writes Frédéric Vonner

  • Must do better: The verdict on the UK's updated green finance strategy

    30 March 2023

    A flurry of green strategy documents from the UK was welcomed but there was no news on subsidies to help it compete with those on offer in the US or EU, writes Michael Hurley

  • Japan's transition finance agenda is derailing decarbonisation in Southeast Asia

    29 March 2023

    Japan treats transition finance as a way to support industrial companies that are locked into thermal power technologies, argues Kurt Metzger

  • The US 'plays catch-up' on climate stress testing

    27 March 2023

    A Federal Reserve-led climate scenario analysis exercise with US banks is underway, and implications for capital requirements are unclear, an Environmental Finance webinar heard. Michael Hurley reports

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