Capital Monitor finds a distinct lack of variety among ESG ETFs, especially the most popular. The holdings of funds with different ESG ratings were also similar, revealing minimal differences in exposure.
Highly polluting companies need trillions of dollars of funding to reduce their carbon emissions. Transition bonds are mooted as one solution, but investors are far from convinced.
Africa’s largest lender has decided against funding three of the continent’s coal-power projects and committed to releasing a climate plan aligned with the goals of the Paris Agreement. But it is still lagging behind local peers, lobbyists say.
UN Sustainable Development Goal 15 figures low on investors’ agenda, while their exposure to at-risk forest companies remains high.
Building trust in the nascent ESG-linked derivatives market is vital. But the hunt for liquidity could affect the impact of the new products. This will be a long-standing tension that needs to be monitored closely.
Chief executive Roberto Marques discusses Brazilian cosmetics giant Natura's landmark sustainable debt issue and his views on environmental and social impact.
One of the world’s most influential financiers of oil and gas remains reluctant to threaten clients with funding cuts as a means to hit net zero. The US bank argues its investment-led approach to reducing carbon intensity within sector hotspots goes far enough.
A $3.8bn loan raised by the Saudi government-owned Red Sea Development Company for a tourism development is long on ambition but short on green detail.
The number of ESG ETF launches shows no signs of abating, and while many are now aligning with the UN SDGs, their diversity and quality are questionable.
British and German property groups are increasingly debuting green debt issues to fund more sustainable housing, amid growing investor appetite and regulatory pressure.
While the appetite for sustainable ocean economy opportunities is increasing, investors must pay more attention to the risks hidden therein.
The proliferation of ESG indices and the funds launched off the back of them is great business, but the ESG ratings underpinning them are under intense scrutiny.
Energy majors face a rising number of US lawsuits arguing that they knew about fossil fuels' negative environmental impact for decades but sought to conceal the facts.
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