Green Finance
Can banks reverse course to become a solution to global deforestation?
Criticism of banks' financing of environmentally destructive industries continues to grow, but a new report argues they could play a critical role in protecting forests and driving climate action. Read More
Janet Yellen is the US Treasury secretary — here's what she can do about climate change
Yellen was confirmed by U.S. Senate to be the Treasury secretary this week. Read More
How Wall Street can win on climate In 2021
To realize their ambitions, sustainable finance leaders must integrate climate into their core business, evolving their approach to capital allocation and changing their relationships with carbon-intensive industries. Read More
Sustainable investing is changing global supply chains: 4 key takeaways
Insights into how some of the largest suppliers of global brands are being engaged by investors on sustainability topics, as well as how sustainable finance is rising rapidly in Taiwan among institutional investors. Read More
Can we finally standardize ESG standards?
The former CEO of GRI on what it will take to create harmony out of cacophony. Read More
How asset managers can improve their voting record on climate in 2021
With new power comes new responsibility. Read More
2020 showed that green banks are a global movement in the making
Existing green banks have shown an impressive track record to date, investing nearly $25 billion of their own capital since their respective inceptions and supporting projects with a total value of $70 billion as of mid-2020. Read More
Good crops, good credit: How a Washington land trust sustains farmland
The impact investment community has helped a new asset class begin to grow. Read More
UK utilities urged to publish 'just transition' plans
National Grid, E.On, RWE, Scottish Power, EDF and Centrica urged to follow SSE’s lead and publish dedicated strategies setting out how workers and consumers will be protected from any shocks of net zero transition. Read More
How carbon-smart farming is catalyzing the big bucks needed to transform the way America eats
Will regenerative agriculture alone save us from climate apocalypse? No. But thanks to its much-hyped carbon sequestration potential, unprecedented funding is pouring into efforts to convert America’s chemical-laden industrial agriculture system into something better. And that just might save us yet. Read More
