Farmland acquisition for transition agriculture has proved attractive to the climate-focused investment management franchises of large asset managers. Will real-asset investors follow suit?

Despite a year of high-profile issuance, all is not well in the sustainability-linked bond market. Teething problems could soon become an existential crisis, raising the risk that investors might decide to abandon the asset class altogether.

Social bonds could help deliver the UN Sustainable Development Goals by driving private capital into essential services. But impact looks different from one place to the next, so how can issuers report it in a way that makes sense?

With Article 6 mechanisms formalized, project-based compliance carbon markets could take over the emissions offsetting industry, leaving participants in the voluntary carbon market stranded.

Should we take Vivek Ramaswamy literally or seriously?

After less than two years, S&P is scrapping its ESG credit indicators and America’s anti-woke politicians are thrilled. But this may not be the win they think it is.

The increased corporate focus on environmental, social and governance issues is impacting treasury teams that can struggle to justify their initiatives.

If banks want the positive PR associated with facilitating sustainable finance, they need to admit to facilitating dirty finance too.

All private banks are different: in how they project their brand, build business, serve clients and generate fees. But they all seem to have two things in common. They love lending to rich people with big art collections and chatting about ocean preservation.

The bank is prepared to make tough decisions to meet its sustainability targets.

The Singapore bank has strengthened its proposition to serve under-represented communities and aligned its own lending operations to make an impact.

From small-scale asset financing to innovative technologies, the French bank understands what a credible transition plan looks like.

A bank’s sustainability strategy cannot exist without high-quality data. UBS has made it its mission to source the best.

The Spanish lender continues to demonstrate the business case for inclusivity.

The US bank prides itself on already looking like the world we live in.

The global disclosure recommendations don’t stand a chance against mandated regional regulation.

The ISSB has published the final version of IFRS S1 and IFRS S2, the inaugural sustainability disclosure standards. Now the real work begins – getting companies to start using them.

The green transition is boosting demand for key metals and Africa’s commodity markets are under pressure to increase extraction. But buyer awareness of Scope 3 emissions means that processes need to be cleaned up and fast.

Social bonds need to prove they have impact.

Jordan Kuwait Bank has issued the country’s first green bond, a key milestone for sustainability driven capital investments in the country. But getting momentum going in the sector will be an uphill battle.

The French investment bank is taking a bet on a double-edged blockchain technology to stay ahead of both the tokenization and sustainability trends.

Standard Chartered’s new chief sustainability officer is not shying away from the reality of what the energy transition looks like in emerging markets.

Turkish airline Pegasus hopes an innovative funding solution tied to sustainability targets will help it increase capacity despite challenging market conditions.

Twinco Capital facilitates access to sustainable funding by focusing on pre-production finance.

Risk-sharing mechanisms could help drive confidence in the voluntary carbon market, but insurance products are scarce.

Pakistan has been trying to improve financial inclusion for the last 20 years with little success. Are new digital licences the answer?

What will UBS’s post-merger sustainable finance strategy look like?

Solar thermal technology could offer cheap carbon-free heat for manufacturers. But tech developers are stuck in a financing gap between venture capital and project finance that will be harder to fill after recent bank failures.

The EU green bond standard is understandably broad. But because of this, the limits between sustainable and transition finance remain unclear.

Restrictions on upstream oil and gas financing aren’t the silver bullet that the sector needs to achieve its climate goals.