Analysis

  • Nature is the new climate

    02 June 2022

    We are seeing the beginning of a shift in policy to provide explicit financial incentives for nature inclusion and restoration, argues Megan Reilly Cayten

  • A transition taxonomy: ready or not?

    31 May 2022

    Could extending the EU's taxonomy to unsustainable and intermediate activities prove trickier than work on 'green', Michael Hurley asks

  • France's 'perfectly timed' inflation-linked green bond debut

    30 May 2022

    With a longstanding reputation as a prolific green bond issuer and innovator, France welcomed the strong demand for its 'perfectly timed' green 'linker' debut. Ahren Lester reports

  • DBS: We need more innovation

    25 May 2022

    As the renewable energy challenge becomes more difficult, DBS is looking to get creative, Lim Wee Seng tells Genevieve Redgrave

  • America's first state conservation law for private finance

    24 May 2022

    A new law in Maryland may be a model to encourage private capital to expand its role in environmental conservation, writes Timothy Male

  • New buyers in carbon markets are 'distorting' prices

    23 May 2022

    'Over-zealous' investors in the voluntary carbon market are making 'crazy' high offers for offsets, Vaughan Lindsay tells Madeleine Jenkins

  • Boards need climate competence, not more numbers

    20 May 2022

    Investors should focus engagement on ensuring company management has climate expertise, argues Laura Zizzo

  • 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