05/19/2023
Meet our ESG experts: Claire Coustar
She represents Deutsche Bank in the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) and the Net Zero Banking Alliance.
Planet SOS
05/19/2023
Hydrogen and net zero – which ambitions are realistic, and which are less so?
Hydrogen is not an energy source in itself, but more a means of transmitting or storing energy.
05/16/2023
FCA considers new regulated activity for firms providing ESG ratings
ESG ratings are becoming increasingly influential in investment decision-making.
05/16/2023
Mirova & Robeco lead initiative to develop global database of avoided emissions factors and associated company-level avoided emissions
Estimates of the investment required to meet global net-zero emissions by 2050
05/15/2023
FTSE Russell launches ESG risk-adjusted index series
Exclusion-based criteria
05/12/2023
Investments in ESG boost revenue and EBITDA growth
Bain undertook the research in partnership with EcoVadis, assessing how ESG activities and outcomes have impacted 100,000 companies.
05/10/2023
From hot sand to liquid air – 5 early stages energy storage solutions that could help underpin the electric economy
With renewable power now outcompeting fossil fuels on price, this rapid growth looks set to continue.
05/10/2023
Sustainable Funding Conditions For Clean Energy Projects
The wider built environment sector including investors and financiers are following suit with ethical lending requirements and strategies becoming more mainstream
05/04/2023
Building the economy of tomorrow: clean energy brings exponential growth
At Lombard Odier’s recent sustainable finance leadership course, in partnership with the University of Oxford, thought leaders from across academia and finance gathered to explore both the science and the economics of the environmental transition.
04/28/2023
Fund investors prioritise ESG-linked private equity compensation
As firm believers in ESG and the use of technology to streamline the investment process, we are glad to see LPs are in agreement.
04/27/2023
Sustainable ETFs are financial instruments with a bright future
The SFDR also obliges asset managers to be more transparent
04/27/2023
UK's 'Green Day': Green finance strategy and ESG ratings announced
Five key objectives
04/26/2023
Strong support for arbitration in sanction-related disputes despite new risks
Another problematic issue with sanctions and the arbitral process centres around the financial friction they create on cross-border payments.
04/26/2023
Solar power in France: regulatory changes and market opportunities
France is currently on course to miss its target to commission 20.1GW of solar power by late 2023.
04/26/2023
JTC Employees Help Select Reforestation Projects to Support Net-Zero Drive
JTC pledged to become a Carbon Neutral+ organization in 2020
04/24/2023
Cleared for takeoff: How sustainable aviation fuels can put the industry on course for net zero
SAFs have the potential to help decarbonise the aviation industry because they’re made from feedstocks whose carbon comes from the atmosphere
04/24/2023
Schroders launches bespoke active equity index
It incorporates Schroders award-winning SustainEx investment framework which aims to put a dollar price on the social costs and benefits companies generate.
04/24/2023
World’s largest-of-its-kind power line to deliver clean power to 1.8 million UK homes and boost energy security
LionLink power line between UK and Netherlands will deliver enough electricity to power more homes than Manchester and Birmingham combined.
04/20/2023
Sustainable investment: the difficult realities of adjusting to maturity
In a foreword to Schroders' Annual Sustainability Report 2022, Andy Howard reflects on sustainable investing's growth and explains his attitude to new challenges.
04/20/2023
Arup selected for east coast hydrogen project
However, the fuel source has historically faced problems of processing and distribution which have seen it take a back-seat in the renewable energy debate.