Daily FNArena News - ESG Focus

The anaemic transition-bond market has suddenly become one of the hottest topics in the bond market today – and the stakes are high

As big capital extends green financial nets into the retail, SME and corporate markets, banks are likely to be sheltered from the worst ravages of competition behind anti-trust legislation

Technology firms are often favoured by ESG funds because of their ostensibly clean, asset-light business models. But investors need to look deeper and challenge unethical and unsustainable practices across the industry

This is a heavily edited version of the Bank for International Settlements complimentary discussion on a proposed green-bond rating system for global markets based on carbon intensity

Widespread vaccine rollouts are seeing European markets open up and pathways to the global recovery become clearer. Saxo Markets predicts a transition to a greener economy in a post-covid world is set to be the defining feature of the upcoming third quarter

Carbon intensity is set to emerge as the benchmark hero in the global push to create a fungible green bond market and tighten regulation

The green, social and sustainable use-of-proceeds bonds market is staging an invasion of the traditional bond market and, while it’s early days, the bridgehead has been claimed

Investment in sustainable energy requires consideration of energy wastage and energy efficiency

ESG finance is forecast to become a part of a business’s licence to operate, transforming the world – and 2021/2022 is the pegged as the year of take-off

The International Energy Agency (IEA) released its Net Zero by 2050 report, outlining a proposed 400-step guideline to globally transition to a net zero energy system, with consequences for the energy sector and the world in general