Analysis

  • 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

  • Comment: Premature sustainability-linked loan labelling is a credibility issue

    04 May 2022

    Ending the practice of prematurely using the 'sustainability-linked' label is low-hanging fruit for improving the credibility of performance-based instrument, argues Ahren Lester

  • Russian invasion of Ukraine to turbocharge renewables deals

    02 May 2022

    The Russian invasion of Ukraine could provide the 'jolt' to renewables to provide the scale needed to deliver the EU climate polices, argues Nomura's Alex Wotton

  • Timely investment can accelerate vast potential of hydrogen sector

    28 April 2022

    Game-changing technology offers unique opportunity to address difficult-to-decarbonise sectors, writes Rajat Maheshwari