Capital Flows

Capital Flows
January 12, 2022

SDG bonds: private funds, public goals

A new asset class drives sustainable development on multiple fronts Capital markets...
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Capital Flows
January 12, 2022

Walmart/HSBC's plan to finance sustainable supply chains

Science-based targets to help narrow a global $100tn investment gap The next...
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Capital Flows
December 16, 2021

2022 to test net zero commitments as thought leaders look beyond climate

Investors, companies and governments alike will have to put meat on the...
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Fabrizio Palmucci
Capital Flows, Opinion
December 15, 2021

Bond investors risk missing out on transition to low carbon

Lack of standards puts transition finance at risk, and keeps bond investors...
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Capital Flows
December 8, 2021

Is any sovereign worth the greenium?

Issuance of green sovereign debt is rocketing and investors remain prepared to...
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Capital Flows, Policy & Regulation
December 8, 2021

The future of ESG thematic funds

Specialist funds that seek to target a specific environmental, social or governance...
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Capital Flows, Opinion, Policy & Regulation
December 8, 2021

Sustainable investment is a ‘first-world’ option

Despite some progress, the work around defining and improving sustainable investment ignores developing markets’ reality Even in the midst of a global pandemic, sustainable investing is taking a victory lap...
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Wiebe Hofstra
Capital Flows, Interviews
November 24, 2021

Dutch corporate pension fund calls for better climate risk reporting

While the €10bn Pensioenfonds Achmea has already established some ambitious sustainable investment objectives, Wiebe Hofstra, the scheme’s head of asset management, says the quality and consistency of data on climate-related...
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Drax power station in the UK
Capital Flows, Sector Focus
November 24, 2021

Investors keep faith in carbon capture to wash away biomass imperfections

Trial projects hope to unlock the potential for carbon-negative energy by storing emissions from the burning of biomass. Campaigners say there is still the prospect of climate harm and paint...
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World leaders at G20 summit
Capital Flows, Data
November 24, 2021

Green public debt set to rise

Public commitments at COP26 are likely to result in greater green government debt, says IIF Government spending on climate change and the environment has so far been negligible compared to...
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Capital Flows, Policy & Regulation
November 17, 2021

European pension funds commit to climate investments

As several Nordic and UK pension funds commit to clean energy and green investments by 2030, they must also navigate the increasingly important world of climate reporting At the COP26...
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