Analysis

  • COP27 sees progress on bilateral partnerships

    30 January 2023

    The climate conference saw multilateral talks stagnate but bilateral partnerships show the way forward, argue Lina Apsheva and Gregor Vulturius

  • 2023: A pivotal year to progress sustainability commitments

    27 January 2023

    Companies need to accelerate their sustainability efforts to help limit global warming, while adaptation also needs to rise up the agenda, says James Robey

  • Issuer profile: Greenyard

    26 January 2023

    The fruit and vegetable supplier defends its 'sleeping SLL', arguing that setting KPIs post-issuance helped 'prevent a rush to unambitious targets'. Ahren Lester reports

  • 'More companies need to copy our green dividend initiative'

    25 January 2023

    German real estate investor Alstria tells Genevieve Redgrave why shareholders should be asked to take a dividend cut to pay for green grants

  • How the EBRD is going Paris aligned

    24 January 2023

    The decision will change climate considerations in finance on three continents, writes Dana Kupova

  • EU green bond standard mired in broader market discussions

    23 January 2023

    Attempts to finalise a standard have been bogged down in talks about whether the labelled bond market also needs minimum requirements - but there is hope of resolution. Ahren Lester reports

  • Eiopa: how we plan to stop insurers greenwashing

    20 January 2023

    Europe's insurance authority explains its plans to address greenwashing, including how the term is defined and what measures it intends to take to prevent it, in this Q&A with Joshua Geer

  • SLBs at 'inflection point' in 2023 as sustainable bond market rebounds

    19 January 2023

    After struggling in late 2022, S&P's Dennis Sugrue tells Ahren Lester the sustainability-linked bond market needs to face up to its significant challenges to return as a driver rather than drag on sustainable bond growth in 2023

  • Biodiversity: engage to change

    18 January 2023

    Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM)'s lead investment stewardship manager Snorre Gjerde outlines how the sovereign wealth fund is approaching the topic of biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation

  • Dispelling some myths around fixed income and responsible investment

    16 January 2023

    Apart from discussions around green bonds, there is little understanding of the role of fixed income in enabling climate action or sustainable development, write Joshua Kendall and Rory Sullivan