Analysis

  • COP27: Governments should align with private sector climate progress

    08 September 2022

    Ahead of COP27, Eric Usher says he hopes governments will talk the same language as the private sector on sustainability, as they look to step up scrutiny of net-zero targets. Genevieve Redgrave reports

  • How diligent client onboarding can mitigate greenwashing

    07 September 2022

    Ensuring efficient data collection from clients can be a key tool in tackling greenwashing risks, argues Edel Brophy

  • HSBC: Biodiversity-focused SLBs could increase

    06 September 2022

    An increase in the issuance of sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) linked to biodiversity could result from the combination of the forthcoming biodiversity COP with an ICMA release, writes Thomas Cox

  • Transparency, liquidity and integrity in the voluntary carbon market

    05 September 2022

    The VCM can now be viewed as an established commodity market in its own right, argues John Melby

  • Investing in the theme of water scarcity

    02 September 2022

    There are technologies that, if adopted widely, can reduce water scarcity substantially, says Stephen Brooke

  • ESG litigation risks are gaining momentum

    31 August 2022

    Investors are among those that could stake their claim against corporate greenwashing, write Leigh Callaway and Tim Reinhard

  • Q&A: Marat Zapparov, CEO of Pentagreen

    30 August 2022

    The CEO of the newly launched partnership between Temasek and HSBC fields questions from Environmental Finance.

  • The UK's Net Zero Strategy: A new era for climate litigation

    26 August 2022

    A watershed moment for climate litigation has implications for companies, investors and policymakers, argue Mark Clarke and Janina Moutia-Bloom

  • Facing up to climate uncertainty with technology

    25 August 2022

    Developments in technology will be crucial to help financial institutions assess and manage the worst effects of climate change, writes Matt Foote

  • Natural asset companies: on firm ground?

    25 August 2022

    The US SEC will consider the concept of turning conservation areas into public companies, writes Thomas Cox

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