Much is expected from the UN climate conference in Glasgow, not least from banks on their commitments to net-zero carbon emissions.

Transitioning to greener and sustainable economies will need innovative new financial instruments for the optimal use of capital.

Sustainability-linked loans incentivise green objectives without restricting the borrower to put the loan exclusively towards green projects. 

In September, the UK and Colombia became the latest countries to issue their first sovereign green bond.

Dealing with the global pandemic and contributing to the transition to a greener and just economy requires a different type of effort from multinational development banks.

Development finance institutions must reinvent themselves to be fit for purpose, writes Rémy Rioux, CEO of the French development bank agency and initiator of the Finance in Common coalition.

Financial service providers have a responsibility to make faster progress on the sustainability and inclusion agendas, and values-based finance can help.

The myriad of reporting frameworks that signalled industries’ support of sustainability now needs to go if banks care about investors’ trust.

The sustainable finance markets will only achieve their purpose of funding decarbonisation by taking a flexible approach.

Digital transformation is helping financial institutions address the challenge of decarbonisation, but transformational technologies bring carbon emissions of their own.