Analysis

  • Women's Livelihood Bonds: The positive impact of helping women fight the climate crisis

    11 December 2020

    Millions of low-income women in emerging markets could be the most underestimated solution to mitigating climate change, writes Natasha Garcha

  • Missing metrics: climate vs nature

    10 December 2020

    Data on nature-related risks is more complicated than for climate, explains Nicky Chambers

  • Q&A with Sweden's central bank on sustainability and QE

    03 December 2020

    Albina Soultanaeva, deputy head of markets department at Riksbank, answers some questions on its plans to incorporate sustainability considerations into its corporate bond buying programme

  • The race is on to electrify corporate fleets

    03 December 2020

    Electrification increasingly makes economic sense for fleets of corporate vehicles, says Mary Jane McQuillen

  • Green bond comment, December 2020: Should the UK issue a green gilt? Not necessarily

    02 December 2020

    A green bond can help to shine a spotlight on a credible transition strategy. But it cannot substitute for one, argues Peter Cripps

  • A first-class approach to tackling climate change

    01 December 2020

    Through their endowment funds, universities, along with charitable foundations, have an opportunity to play a critical role in tackling the climate emergency, says Ashley Fagan

  • ESG is essential for emerging market energy companies

    27 November 2020

    While the appetite for green investment is rapidly growing, the chances of securing the necessary investment on reasonable terms are significantly increased if your business strategy is supported by a high ESG rating, says Aleksandr Kucherenko

  • EU Taxonomy has 'messed up' buildings criteria

    27 November 2020

    The draft criteria for the pioneering EU 'green list' has introduced a "big problem" for the market for green property bonds, Climate Bonds Initiative boss Sean Kidney tells Ahren Lester

  • Concern as EU Taxonomy proposals diverge from TEG recommendations

    25 November 2020

    The EU's trail blazing sustainability taxonomy passed another milestone, with the publication of the draft technical criteria, reports Ahren Lester. But divergences from the expert recommendations show that significant challenges face the closely watched 'green' list

  • Putting a number on impact

    24 November 2020

    A system for scoring impact has led to the creation of impact weighted indexes, Impak's Paul Allard tells Michael Hurley

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