Category: Investments

Spanish solar: the next big sustainable investment opportunity?

Spain has recently experienced its best ever year for solar development, and this is expected to grow yet further.

By Christopher Marchant

Financing the $30bn adaptation gap

A report from Standard Chartered makes the case for investors to deploy capital in climate adaptation, an investment theme that currently accounts for just 0.4% of surveyed portfolios.

Electric vehicles ‘prime candidates’ for green bond issuances

MainStreet analysis shows potential for EVs following depressed state of the green, social and sustainability bonds market in 2022.

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Shoots of recovery in the green bonds market?

Sovereign Wealth

Foreign demand high for Indian sovereign green bond targeting renewables

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How should the responsible investor approach the Chinese market?

Kentucky threatens to divest from 11 financial giants

The bluegrass state is the latest to use legal moves as part of the Republican anti-ESG backlash in the US.

By Mike Thatcher

Lord Browne: world ‘trillions of dollars’ short for renewable investment

Corah: investors are ‘not winning on climate change’

Birol: solar set to be ‘king of global power markets’

Florida in $2bn ‘anti-ESG’ divestment from BlackRock

Timmermans: ‘we can’t solve energy crisis at expense of climate crisis’

COP27: investors and the ‘low-emissions loophole’

Energy

Investors upbeat on Indonesia’s JETP providing pitfalls can be avoided

Infrastructure

Infrastructure investment and the net-zero transition

Engagement

State-owned enterprises and climate-conscious investing

GFANZ: ‘urgent action’ needed to increase clean energy investment in emerging markets

Investment flow is less than 10% of what is needed – a situation that must be addressed rapidly, warns global coalition of financial institutions.

Equities

MSCI climate indices will ‘drive change in the real economy’

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BlackRock retains 7% stake in German firm suing Netherlands over coal phase out

Banking

Factoring in the net-zero consumer

Transition

Achieving net-zero targets ‘will need $100trn in green investments’

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