All articles by phil moore
phil moore
Investors debate potential of new natural capital vehicles
‘Natural asset companies’ are new products designed to channel investment into biodiversity using a new framework for measuring ecological value. Fund managers question whether the structure will price natural capital accurately and have genuine impact.
Financiers and regulators work to tackle biodiversity data shortfall
A series of forthcoming policy and industry initiatives this year should help banks and asset managers understand and report their impact on nature, but full integration of such risks still looks some way off.
New leveraged finance guidelines target KPI greenwashing
The fast-growing sustainability-linked leveraged loan market is ripe for abuse. Just-released issuance guidelines aim to crack down on weak key performance indicators, but sanctions lack teeth.