5 days agoTransition finance mapping highlights key gapsTransition finance is a particularly challenging concept to move from idea to reality. In contrast to sustainability, which has been defined in taxonomies, there are far more pieces in the puzzle when creating transition finance. It is made up of more discrete thresholds when evaluating and assessing credible transition thresholds…Transition Finance4 min readTransition Finance4 min read
Nov 12Trying to create a singular measurement of climate risk can distract from urgent efforts to address climate changeA short brief from the Environmental Defense Fund digs into some of the challenges of interpreting the financed emissions data released by financial institutions. It examines the disclosures made by two U.S.-based …Responsible Finance2 min readResponsible Finance2 min read
Oct 30Time to iterate new approaches to ‘transition finance’ within ASEANRegulatory authorities in Southeast Asia are providing guidance for financial institutions looking to support decarbonization with reference to transition finance. …Transition Finance2 min readTransition Finance2 min read
Oct 15Investors undervalue climate mitigation opportunities in emerging & developing marketsA chapter in the IMF’s Financial Stability Report highlights how emerging and developing countries will need to mobilize $2 trillion per year for climate mitigation — 90% of it from the private sector when China is excluded. Many countries face an uphill task because credit ratings that are lower investment…Climate Mitigation2 min readClimate Mitigation2 min read
Oct 11AI will be an important tool for assessing transition plans against the growing range of frameworksThe most acute issue across ESG in recent years has been the relationship between relative outperformers and underperformers and the absolute outcomes that define issues such as success in addressing climate change. …Climate Change3 min readClimate Change3 min read
Sep 27RFI releases financed emissions report and open-access databaseThe RFI Foundation has released a report and database with estimates of financed emissions across 11 OIC markets in a continuation of our focus on improving financial institutions’ ability to address climate change. …Climate Change3 min readClimate Change3 min read
Sep 18The Global Stocktake offers a wake-up call for financial institutions working towards long-term climate targetsA Global Stocktake to update on the world’s progress towards goals set down in the Paris Agreement shows notable ambition, although not enough ambition or follow-through to keep on a 1.5° C trajectory. One of the upcoming milestones required to stay on track is for the world to reach peak…Climate Change3 min readClimate Change3 min read
Sep 7The investors underpinning the greeniumNew research has identified one of the sources of the ‘greenium’ seen in green bond issuance among institutional investors, especially pension funds and mutual funds. The study used a database of European bond holdings and compared the sensitivity of different types of investors to changes in market conditions. …Green Bond2 min readGreen Bond2 min read
Aug 31Resetting expectations for ESGFollowing the onset of Covid-19, ESG became a hot topic as the ‘next big thing’. With that growth, it attracted both pretenders and detractors. The change in the tone of reporting about ESG has led to some hand-wringing about its future. A UK-based portfolio manager broke down the issue into…Esg3 min readEsg3 min read
Aug 18Shari’ah screens complement ESG integration by investors in Emerging MarketsIn a new report released with Refinitiv, the RFI Foundation has extended analysis done earlier with INCEIF to investigate the impact of combining Shariah and ESG screens. The new research applies the same methodology and data source with more recent figures covering the period immediately prior to the start of…Esg2 min readEsg2 min read
