Sustainable finance

What are sustainability-linked loans and why are they struggling?

Sustainability-linked loans, a form of debt issuance linked to hitting certain sustainability targets, are haemorrhaging clients – in line with…

Venture capital funding for decarbonisation has stalled since 2022 – report

Funding for decarbonisation projects peaked in 2022 followed by a roughly 90% drop in 2023, a new GlobalData report reveals.…

How clean cooking has ‘moved to the top of the energy agenda’

In Africa today, four-out-of-five people continue to cook their meals over open fires. Globally, around 2.3 billion people are burning…

US state pensions risk “hard earned savings” by ignoring climate risks

The global cost of extreme weather attributable to climate change is estimated at $143bn per year over the past 20…

Is Barclays really moving away from fossil fuels?

Barclays' announcement last week (9 February) that it will no longer finance new oil and gas fields is positive environmental…

What is ‘green capitalism’ and can it tackle the climate crisis?

The recent confirmation by the World Meteorological Organization that 2023 was the hottest year on record and the limited commitments…

Renamed ESG funds “a step in the right direction” to tackle greenwashing

A recent decline in the number of ESG-related investment funds reflects a shift towards compliance and away from greenwashing, suggests…

Weekly data: bp and Shell’s spending on renewables flatlines in 2023

On Tuesday, UK oil major bp reported that in 2023 it raked in $13.8bn (£10.93bn) in profits. This represented its…

How to mobilise private finance for climate adaptation

COP28 saw progress on global adaptation efforts, with governments agreeing on targets for a Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA) and…

“There is politics, and there is business; the reality is ESG is good business” – UNEP FI’s Eric Usher 

A lot has changed since Mark Carney first launched GFANZ with a huge fanfare at COP26 in Glasgow. During the…

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