Contributing editor Mark Nicholls, co-founder and former editor of Environmental Finance, specialises in sustainable finance and responsible investment, including ESG disclosure and carbon markets.
The burden of emissions reductions imposed by the EU carbon market has fallen mostly on the power sector, but, as emissions targets deepen, this will have to change. Are Europe’s industrial emitters ready?
Classifying which economic activities contribute to environmental objectives is a central part of the EU sustainable finance agenda. Head of the European Sustainable Investment Forum Victor van Hoorn explains what is behind a new EU 'green' taxonomy.
The UK has made strong commitments to build back better from Covid-19, but recent hiccups raise questions over whether it can deliver on its pledges.
The investment landscape in renewables is fast adapting to a post-Covid, subsidy-free world, says Amanda Niklaus from advisory firm Pexapark.
Brexit has been a serious blow to the City of London. Can a growing global sustainable finance market provide some compensation?
Venture capitalists are pouring money into the next climate tech pioneers – with corporate venture arms in the vanguard.
The tide is fast turning for the coal-fired power sector, even in its Asian redoubts, but driving it off the grid fast enough to meet climate targets remains a tall order.
2021 will see institutional capital begin to move, at scale, away from assets facing high levels of climate risk and, increasingly, towards companies and infrastructure that are well-positioned for a low-carbon global economy.
In 2020, net-zero pledges fell thick and fast from policymakers and businesses alike. In 2021, those ambitious words need to be turned into concrete actions.
One of the world’s largest pension funds is underwriting a new venture that aims to transform renewable energy investment.
Corporate PPAs can slash companies’ carbon footprints and lock in energy costs, but their complexity and long tenor can be a turn-off.
The UK government’s Ten Point Plan for a green industrial revolution sketches out a map to a net-zero economy, but much still needs to be filled in.
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