Why transition bonds have failed to make their mark
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.
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Standard Bank points to climate progress amid activists’ anger
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.
Analysis: Protecting forests low down on investors’ priority list
UN Sustainable Development Goal 15 figures low on investors’ agenda, while their exposure to at-risk forest companies remains high.
Why Natura’s debut sustainable bond was a hit
Chief executive Roberto Marques discusses Brazilian cosmetics giant Natura's landmark sustainable debt issue and his views on environmental and social impact.
The dangers lurking within the blue economy
While the appetite for sustainable ocean economy opportunities is increasing, investors must pay more attention to the risks hidden therein.
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Climate litigators turn up the heat on Big Oil
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.
JP Morgan’s development finance institution strives to answer its doubters
The US bank has doubled down on efforts to facilitate private capital into sustainable projects in emerging markets. But its year-old development finance institution is so far finding it hard to measure the impact of such deals.
Big Three: The investors who dominate the ocean economy
Analysis by Capital Monitor has discovered a small handful of influential investors with significant stakes in companies that dominate the ocean economy. Sadly, improving life below water is not high on many investment agendas.
ESG reporting confusion hits companies’ bottom line
Companies need to take their heads out of the sand and deal directly with shareholders' concerns over ESG – unless they don't want to tap cheaper capital, of course.
Can HSBC green the Middle East?
HSBC has its eyes on significantly growing its Middle East operations. But as the world's largest exporter of oil, the region's carbon footprint is entrenched. We assess whether Europe's largest bank has the appetite to confront these issues head on.
When central banks started to care about climate change
A new network of influential bankers has been extraordinarily successful in moving climate change risk management higher up the agenda. We spoke to its secretariat head and Banque de France official Morgan Després on how they did it.
Leaked EC proposal sets high bar for sustainability reporting
The European Commission wants to compel around 50,000 companies to report across a range of ESG factors. Investors, banks and NGOs are broadly aligned, but reservations exist.
We must all do more to tackle climate change, admits Standard Chartered
The company's top sustainable finance bankers acknowledge the sector is guilty of not “driving enough capital” to reach net-zero targets, but say huge structural issues are a barrier for change.
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