Analysis

• BNP Paribas is assured it will make net-zero

  19 May 2022

  BNP Paribas is expanding its net zero lending targets to seven new sectors, Laurence Pessez tells Genevieve Redgrave

  

• Asset managers must end fossil fuel investment

  18 May 2022

  There's no way for asset managers to hit net zero targets without setting fossil fuel exclusion policies, argues Desiree Fixler

  

• SCOR, an insurer committed to the climate?

  17 May 2022

  SCOR has so far been slow to respond to the climate emergency, argues Lucie Pinson

  

• The burden of box ticking

  17 May 2022

  Sustainability reporting often fails to capture complicated discussions in emerging markets, FSSA's Alistair Thompson tells Genevieve Redgrave

  

• EU Parliament drops gas, nuclear opposition in EU GBS

  16 May 2022

  Amid tough discussions, the Parliamentary amendments to the EU Green Bond Standard proposal go noticeably further than the Commissions plans in several critical ways. Ahren Lester reports

  

• John Streur on the spirit of SFDR

  13 May 2022

  Calvert's founder tells Genevieve Redgrave that the next phase of SFDR will still leave room for interpretation for Article 9 funds

  

• Food Securities Fund 'more needed than ever'

  10 May 2022

  The blended finance vehicle has an increased role to play amid the impending food and nature crisis, Tanja Havemann tells Madeleine Jenkins

  

• CDP: Time to debunk the myth that water is immaterial to financials

  09 May 2022

  A third of financials still fail to assess water risk, Cate Lamb tells Genevieve Redgrave

  

• We must go 'back to basics' on carbon emissions data

  09 May 2022

  The problems with carbon emission disclosure and estimation data remain significant. Only mandatory reporting can solve the issue, Jaakko Kooroshy tells Ahren Lester.

  

• Why efficient buildings are more important than ever

  05 May 2022

  EU energy law revisions are an invitation for the financial sector to focus on energy efficiency, says Julian Popov