Latest articles from ESG & sustainability

Ajay Sagar

It’s time to move climate discussions to bank boardrooms

March 7, 2022

Banks need to develop a ‘nature first’ culture, starting at the top and permeating throughout the organisation.

ESG issuance drops significantly at start of 2022

February 22, 2022

The global supply of socially responsible debt severely contracted at the start of the year. 

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Accounting for sustainability is 'a really big deal'

February 18, 2022

Sustainability is revolutionising accounting, which, in turn, is set to revolutionise the way finance flows to companies.

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A just energy transition for Africa?

February 16, 2022

The continent’s transition away from fossil fuels is fraught with difficulty, not least if the overall aim is both a cleaner and fairer future. 

Constantinos Petrides Cyprus Minister of Finance

Cyprus looks to life beyond Covid

February 14, 2022

Cyprus’s finance minister talks to The Banker about how the country’s economy has coped during the pandemic and the recovery ahead. 

Mishcon de Reya

Supply chain risks and ESG compliance

February 11, 2022

The introduction of a compliance-related approach to financial crime enforcement, where liability may be triggered by actions far down a supply chain, will likely be applied to ESG concerns too.

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Banks need to connect climate and nature financial risks

February 1, 2022

It is not possible to manage climate risk without looking at nature, argues David Craig, co-chair of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures.

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Sustainability-linked derivatives markets primed for growth

January 28, 2022

Derivatives with sustainability targets attached to them are becoming more common, but are they really an effective tool for improving a company’s sustainability? 

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Stock exchanges look at ESG disclosures

January 26, 2022

Greater numbers of listing venues around the world offer guidance on sustainability reporting

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Next steps for ESG disclosures

January 26, 2022

As work at the IFRS’s International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) continues to create a new ESG reporting framework that would be as widely accepted as IFRS accounting standards are, we caught up with the head of one of the two organisations merging into ISSB.

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