Market insight

• Unearthing ESG scores for leveraged finance

  As investors widen the net of how ESG screening should be applied to different elements of their portfolio management criteria, Richard Jefferies and Marina Petroleka of Sustainable Fitch tell Environmental Finance why the firm has turned an ESG lens to the leveraged finance broadly syndicated loan market and what can be learned from their analysis.

  

• Putting fund finance on a sustainable footing

  Europe's private equity fund finance market is embracing sustainable finance techniques developed for labelled debt. SMBC Group's Natalya Tueva, Eleni Askianaki and Indira Masullo explain

  

• Conundrum Cubed: Scope 3 for Financials

  Scope 3 disclosures are complex, and Category 15 (Investments) is an obscure segment intended to cover emissions that arise from one company having a stake in another (i.e., financial transactions)1. For most companies, this represents a proverbial footnote in their overall emissions profile.

  

• Scope for improvement: Solving the Scope 3 conundrum

  In our recent paper, Scope for improvement: Solving the Scope 3 conundrum, we put together a set of 10 key questions on Scope 3 that are frequently asked within the institutional investment community.

  

• Spotting the opportunities in sustainable investment

  Sustainability is transforming the global economy. The green economy now represents 10% of global listed market capitalisation, larger than the energy and retail sectors and is fast becoming a significant strategic growth opportunity for investors, banks and corporates.

  

• CDL first in Singapore to publish TNFD-aligned disclosures in its 17th integrated sustainability report 2024

  CDL is the first in Singapore to publish a TNFD-aligned report. It also conducted an ISSB Standards gap analysis, expanding its ISR 2024 disclosures to include Group data with the aim for full alignment by FY 2025.

  

• An ecosystem-led approach to sustainability solutions

  Environmental Finance speaks with Tata Consultancy Services' (TCS) Amit Kapur and Subramanian Kuppuswami about the firm's investor-focused digital solutions and the sustainability initiatives that are transforming the business.

  

• The Emergence of European Nature-based Carbon Credit Markets

  European nature-based credit markets are young but growing. They present a unique opportunity for investors seeking exposure to high-quality credits underpinned by strong fundamentals.

  

• Making the case for investment allocations to natural capital

  Institutional investors are under-exposed to the natural capital asset class, which offers diversification benefits, ESG upside and potential for outperformance, says Climate Asset Management's Ben O'Donnell.

  

• The birth of a biodiversity offset market

  Dasos Habitat Foundation and Eurowind Energy have entered into a first-of-its-kind biodiversity offset transaction, to compensate for the residual impacts on nature that will be caused by a proposed Finnish wind farm. Tapani Pahkasalo explains the thinking behind the novel transaction.