Analysis

• Circular economy webinar: Integration and data are key to development

  06 August 2020

  Accelerating investment in the circular economy requires banking innovation as well as increasingly holistic thinking and transparent data, the speakers at an Environmental Finance webinar said, with current progress leaving plenty of reasons to be upbeat. Ahren Lester reports.

  

• Green bond comment: August 2020: Have sustainability-linked bonds killed transition bonds?

  05 August 2020

  The big news at the annual general meeting of the Green Bond Principles was the formation of the Sustainability-linked Bond Principles (SLBPs).

  

• Biodiversity: lessons from the Dutch working group

  31 July 2020

  A number of leading Dutch financial institutions have joined forces to boost knowledge about biodiversity within the financial sector. Merel Hendriks and Simon Zwagemakers outline some of the key developments

  

• ESG's negative impact on returns - myth or reality?

  30 July 2020

  A growing number of insurers have announced new or upgraded sustainable investment strategies in recent years. JP Morgan Asset Management and Environmental Finance's sister publication Insurance Asset Risk have joined forces to investigate the drivers behind insurers' sustainable strategies. Vincent Huck reports on the high-level key findings

  

• Assessing companies' climate lobbying

  27 July 2020

  Responses are being sought to a consultation on a framework to assess whether corporate lobbying is aligned with the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement, write Clare Richards and Rory Sullivan

  

• It's time for ESSG

  27 July 2020

  Stewardship is an integral part of ESG, say Robert Furdak, Jason Mitchell and Steven Desmyter

  

• EU recovery fund deal could boost green bond market: S&P

  24 July 2020

  A massive potential 'green' debt issuance to fund the EU coronavirus (Covid-19) recovery plan could help crowd-in further green private capital to the market, S&P Global Ratings tells Ahren Lester.

  

• Five takeaways from Guernsey's Sustainable Finance Week

  22 July 2020

  The recovery from Covid-19 will not be merely about seeking to restore the old normal, but will be seen as the chance to create a new order, argues Tim Hames

  

• The case for a Task Force on Nature-related Financial Disclosures

  22 July 2020

  The finance sector has responded strongly to climate-related risks. Now it must do the same for nature-based risks, says Lord Goldsmith.

  

• Do insurers care about the Sustainable Development Goals?

  14 July 2020

  The UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are meant to be the "blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all". So why aren't insurers taking an active role in pursuing them? Paul Walsh reports