Analysis

  • Dealing with inconsistent ESG data

    18 October 2022

    A consistent ESG investment approach is 'largely impossible' across asset classes with current data, The Future of ESG Data 2022 conference heard. Ahren Lester reports

  • Avant garde: biodiversity reporting in France

    17 October 2022

    As French financial institutions report biodiversity-related information under the pioneering Article 29, Thomas Cox assesses the lessons learned

  • Carbon pricing is set to spread

    14 October 2022

    As the net zero transition gathers pace and more countries adopt carbon pricing, incentives to account for the environmental cost of carbon emissions rise, Marion Amiot writes

  • CA100: Desperately seeking credible transition strategies

    13 October 2022

    The latest results of its benchmark show more action is needed to match net zero commitments, writes Peter Cripps

  • ING banking on disclosure principles for steel and cement

    13 October 2022

    New technologies and policy support will be key to decarbonising heavy industry, a webinar on the topic heard. Michael Hurley reports

  • Don't let 'sleeping SLLs' lie

    12 October 2022

    The LSTA is finalising best practice guidelines to help tackle 'sleeping SLLs', writes Ahren Lester

  • Sowing the seeds for more sustainable global food systems

    11 October 2022

    The $1.5 trillion opportunity from a transition to food systems that can help restore human and planetary health, writes Michael Urban

  • Water funds see returns sink

    10 October 2022

    Almost all European or Asian water funds posted negative returns over the past year, writes Thomas Cox

  • Comment: The UK's sustainable finance rules: A job half done

    07 October 2022

    The new UK government needs to finish the job started by its predecessors, and belatedly finalise its sustainable finance policies, writes Peter Cripps

  • Circular economy: the missing link between climate and nature

    06 October 2022

    Beyond reducing waste and pollution, a circular economy can mitigate the damaging effects of climate change and biodiversity loss, argues Rebecca Chapman