All articles by Polly Bindman
Polly Bindman
Conservative leadership race: Which candidate is the most climate-friendly?
Capital Monitor analyses the climate change stances of the Tory MPs vying to become the next UK prime minister.
Oil majors’ big ESG bonus payouts
Oil majors are ramping up their environment-linked executive pay, but is it enough to have a meaningful impact?
How ‘net zero’ financial firms are linked to lobbying against climate change policy
While the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero is waking up to the risk of member firms lobbying against climate policies, investors appear slow to react.
Fast fashion: The story behind the spin
Despite all its spin, the fast fashion industry remains fundamentally unsustainable, but key investors don’t seem all too bothered.
Is it possible to green your cash?
Capital Monitor takes a look at the market for ESG cash and short-term investments.
The huge and uncounted sums of cash-linked carbon emissions
New research finds the carbon emissions of large US-listed corporates could be thousands of times higher than currently reported.
Exclusive: Employers slowly opening up to public on workers’ pay
Despite the current thinking, companies disclosed more data publicly on workers’ pay in 2020 than in 2019.
50 shades of green: SFDR reclassified
The proportion of Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) funds classed as green by the EU has risen in the first quarter of this year.
SBTi: Corporate carbon reduction targets surge
Capital Monitor analysis reveals that the number of companies with ambitious science-based targets has increased sharply since 2020.
Deforestation: Have asset managers twigged link to net zero?
Capital Monitor assesses whether investors see the connection between climate change and deforestation. Sadly, it seems not. And here’s why.