Analysis

  • Benefits with friends?

    27 September 2022

    A means of more accurately tracking the non-carbon outcomes of carbon credits is central to addressing inefficiencies in voluntary markets, argues Nick Atkinson

  • Differentiating worms and caterpillars

    26 September 2022

    Union Investment has introduced 'transition ratings' into its investment process, to help it spot bugs that have the potential to transform into butterflies. Peter Cripps reports

  • Emerging markets 'need multilateral banks to step up'

    23 September 2022

    Prudential's Liza Jansen explains to Genevieve Redgrave why multilateral banks could be key to emerging markets' transition

  • Building integrity into voluntary carbon markets

    22 September 2022

    'Core carbon principles' will be crucial to bolstering the integrity of voluntary carbon markets, writes Annette Nazareth

  • Nordea: An 'SLL bond' market could emerge 'very quickly'

    21 September 2022

    The Nordic bank believes its ground-breaking 'sustainability-linked loan bond' is poised to kick-start further issuance quickly, Jacob Michaelsen tells Ahren Lester

  • Beyond counting just the coins: the key to a clearer picture of ESG reporting

    20 September 2022

    Sustainability reporting that captures impact on society is crucial to understanding value, as demonstrated by the extractive industry, argues Diane Tang-Lee

  • Australia's landmark climate bill: an 'important signal' for investors

    16 September 2022

    A bill to tackle climate change in one of the world's most carbon intensive economies was greeted as potentially transformative by investors. Genevieve Redgrave reports

  • It's time for an Energy Reduction Act

    15 September 2022

    We welcome the Inflation Reduction Act, but where is the Energy Reduction Act, ask Jonathan Maxwell and Anjali Berdia

  • COP27 should be used to introduce carbon price says Actis

    14 September 2022

    In a COP that is billed to be more focused on action than setting targets, Actis' Shami Nissan says setting a universal cost of carbon is key

  • ISSB stakeholders want more information about materiality

    13 September 2022

    IFRS Foundation head Lee White gives his assessment of some of the challenges facing the International Sustainability Standards Board. Peter Cripps reports