Analysis

• Constructing low emission portfolios - how to beat the benchmark

  23 April 2021

  Including Scope 3 emissions data is essential for an accurate analysis of companies, says Ian Stannard

  

• Your top investment questions about biodiversity, answered

  22 April 2021

  As the foundation that so many industries are built on, we can no longer afford to ignore how much biodiversity hangs in the balance, says Hugh W. Brown Jr

  

• The Rockefeller Brothers Fund on impact

  20 April 2021

  The $1.4 billion endowment wants to set an example for transparency as it looks to invest up to a fifth of its portfolio for positive impact, Stephen Heintz tells Michael Hurley

  

• Investors must make every building green

  16 April 2021

  It is important to set an ambition of making every building green, and for investors to lead the way, argues Eleni Polychroniadou

  

• Growing investment opportunity driving family offices' shift to impact

  16 April 2021

  Family office interest in making investments that target positive social or environmental outcomes is on the rise, Michael Hurley writes

  

• The low-carbon pathway

  15 April 2021

  Governments across the world are increasingly responding to the climate crisis by adopting policies and market mechanisms to help reduce emissions, writes Mamadou-Abou Sarr

  

• Social bond fund growth is coming - but perhaps not imminently

  14 April 2021

  After social bond issuance jumped nine-fold in 2020, attention is increasingly turning to the lack of dedicated social bond funds. They are expected to arrive, but perhaps not immediately. Ahren Lester reports

  

• 'Transition' firms preferring sustainability-linked over transition bonds

  12 April 2021

  Sustainability-linked bonds are proving more popular for carbon-intensive issuers than transition bonds, and experts are worried the 'transition' label is adding unnecessary confusion in the market. Ahren Lester and Christopher Marchant report

  

• Blue finance lags behind its green cousin — but the tide is turning

  09 April 2021

  With a compelling investment case based on both the mitigation of risk and maximisation of opportunity, a surge of investment in the oceans should be expected, argues Darian McBain

  

• What role can investors play in protecting global biodiversity?

  08 April 2021

  Investors have a fiduciary duty to integrate biodiversity-related risks and opportunities into their overall assessment of a company's material risks, argues Sophie Lawrence