Away from current debates about ESG, business leaders need a new serious, focused and ambitious mindset as they grapple with today's great societal challenges. Read more
ESG
To have a sustainable blue economy, we need an economic and financial system that can channel financial flows into ocean-related activities: this is known as ‘blue finance’. Read more
Human economic activity occurs almost everywhere on the planet, radically reshaping our environment and driving the widespread loss and degradation... Read more
This tool describes the concept of a Just Transition and makes the business case for financial institutions to partner with stakeholders and peers to support a just climate transition. Read more
This report provides guidance to financial Institutions on how they can incorporate the social dimension of climate action – the just transition – into their net zero transition plans. Read more
This paper presents an overview of current practices on sustainable and responsible management of central bank portfolios and provides recommendations for central banks on how to introduce sustainable, responsible or ESG (environmental, social and governance) aspects to those portfolios. Read more
This article explores how real estate investors and lenders can assess and manage the physical risks of climate change through... Read more
In this post for the Sustainable Finance Leadership series, Suranjali Tandon examines the key features of India’s approach to connecting capital markets and environmental imperatives, a drive that is set to accelerate following COVID-19, with a sovereign green bond on the horizon. Read more
Investors are demanding that companies disclose and implement zero deforestation policies. This commentary outlines three further steps sovereign investors can take. Read more
Dirk Schoenmaker describes a novel approach to teaching the new generation of sustainable financiers. He presents a four-stage framework in which his favoured configuration, Sustainable Finance 2.0, monetises the social and environmental aspects, placing them on a par with the financial dimension. Read more
