The current system of ESG ratings that funds rely on to comply with the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation is only leading to greenwashing.

While conservation urgently needs investment, creating nature-related financial markets holds its own challenges and cannot be seen as a panacea.

As pressure mounts on multilateral lenders to finance the green transition, their approach to risk needs to adapt and governments in high-income countries need to play their part.

Biodiversity is as crucial to zero emissions as it is to climate change, and carries the same financial risk, but will COP15 send investors the right signals?

Green perceptions appear to have little importance to customers, but in B2B it is a very different story. With this in mind, banks should hone in on other key drivers of customer brand consideration.

UK citizens are living longer, but social and economic conditions mean they are not necessarily living better in older age.

Collaboration from all sections of the financial market must happen now if the world is to hit carbon targets and avert climate breakdown, says NZAOA chair Günther Thallinger.

Without a single global taxonomy, clarity will be crucial — along with information that is consistent, comprehensive, and comparable across geographies and regulatory requirements.

Allocating responsibility for emissions to consumers, as well as producers, is a balanced and fairer approach to achieving a green transition.

Research makes the case for holding capital in brown companies that are transitioning to a more sustainable business model, despite regulatory incentives against doing so.