All articles by daniel flatt
daniel flatt
Why we must respond to the climate as we do with bank runs
It would be nice if we didn’t have to go through the environmental equivalent of 2008 in order to solve our climate crisis.
Reckon Fink is sat on the ESG fence? You’d be wrong
Larry Fink’s delayed letter to investors omitted the use of the ESG acronym, but the correspondence was dedicated to all three components of it.
Are ratings agencies doing enough to factor in ESG risk?
Are ratings agencies doing their job? Bond investors are under pressure to know how physical and transition risks will impact them.
A loss of leadership on climate emissions
BP’s climbdown on carbon emissions by 2030 indicates just how close we are to losing the battle to keep temperature rises within Paris Agreement levels.
Why the CBI has rejected 25% of green bonds
The Climate Bonds Initiative excluded one in four dollars of green bonds in 2022 from its database for not being up to scratch.
How bad were our 2022 sustainable finance predictions?
We put forward 12 predictions concerning sustainable capital and its development in 2022. Find out how badly we performed.
Capital Monitor’s seven ESG predictions for 2023
Capital Monitor predicts what will be the key ESG and sustainability themes affecting sustainable capital in 2023.
Capital Monitor’s most read stories of 2022
Pouring over the statistics, we find out what the most popular stories of the last year among our readers were.
Vanguard NZAM exit is opportunity for investors to vote with their feet
Vanguard pulled out of the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative. It’s now up to investors to decide if they still wish to work with them.
Committing to biodiversity easier than acting on it: New research
New research reveals how far corporates have gone to save earth’s biodiversity. Awareness is high but measurable impact less so.