Investment management
Weekly data: Rise in US anti-ESG policies could cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars
Understanding that integrating social and environmental considerations into business models can lead to positive returns has in recent years led…
World’s largest asset managers block climate action amid anti-ESG backlash
While 2022 was the hottest year on record for a number of countries globally, the world’s largest asset managers' progress…
The “Great Reclassification” of sustainable funds
On 31 May 2022, around 50 police officers raided the Frankfurt offices of Deutsche Bank’s asset management arm DWS, as…
Weekly data: Polluters are failing to back net-zero commitments with capital spending alignment
In recent years, the number of corporations committing to reach net zero by 2050 has soared, but while companies are…
Too few rules on fossil fuels? The limitations of Mark Carney’s GFANZ alliance
One year ago at COP26 in Glasgow, ex-governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney announced that more than $130trn…
Weekly data: Renewable energy dominates climate finance
For the last decade, the non-profit Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) has been tracking global climate finance flows by analysing all…
Opinion: Closing the clean investment gap
With the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act in the US, and 'Fit for 55' in Europe, it is easy…
COP27 take note: Climate tech funding has soared in 2022
Climate tech companies have enjoyed an investment surge in 2022, but the funding falls short of the $1trn a new…
What has happened to China’s global coal financing?
In September 2021, Chinese President Xi Jinping made history when he told the UN General Assembly China would build “no…
“Climate-related tech investing will become the single biggest investment area worldwide”: In conversation with DAI Magister’s Victor Basta
At the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, cross-sector businesses scrambled to become more agile by digitalising processes and adapting to…