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The UK needs a carbon tax to finance its future

March 14, 2023
A progressive carbon tax on fossil fuels is crucial to funding the...
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How Asean countries are preparing for carbon market growth

March 8, 2023
Countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have ambitions to become...
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ESG ratings: The case for reform

February 20, 2023
The current system of ESG ratings that funds rely on to comply...
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ClientEarth claim against Shell directors: a case of ‘win even if you lose’?

February 16, 2023
Based on available information, the claim is likely to fail but forcing...
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Banks do best for society when they have more capital, not less

February 9, 2023
The decision by the European Parliament’s economics committee not to require banks...
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Can biodiversity markets deliver for both nature and investors?

January 24, 2023
While conservation urgently needs investment, creating nature-related financial markets holds its own...
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Looking into Africa’s new voluntary carbon market

18/01/2023
Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet's Joseph Nganga talks about the new Africa Carbon Markets Initiative, which his organisation is supporting. The Africa Carbon Markets Initiative — a venture... Read more
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Indonesia eyes ditching coal to become sustainable battery hub

04/01/2023
Indonesia’s investment minister Bahlil Lahadalia discusses the country’s outlook for electric vehicles amid big-ticket investments. For years, Indonesia has missed a trick. It has the world’s biggest nickel reserves, at... Read more
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Northvolt continues to charge up its growth ambitions

04/01/2023
The Swedish battery manufacturer has used a range of capital raising structures since 2017 to fund its expansion. In July 2022, Northvolt issued a $1.1bn convertible bond to finance the... Read more
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Ecuador’s golden age of oil ‘has passed’

20/12/2022
Energy minister on how mining will become the country’s main source of income After a decade under the government of president Rafael Correa and his leftist Citizens’ Revolution, followed by... Read more
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Executive ownership – a bad deal for ESG

15/12/2022
Research shows that executives holding company shares are of tangible detriment to their companies’ ESG performance, says Gianfranco Gianfrate of EDHEC Business School. When, in 1970, the American economist Milton... Read more
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