Knowledge Hub
September 20, 2022
Ethereum's Merge and cryptos' green issue
Even if you don't follow closely (or don't care at all) about cryptocurrencies, you may have heard about Ethereum's 'Merge' last week. Essentially, The Merge...
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September 20, 2022
Climate policy and lending: are banks racing to the bottom?
We came across an interesting study of cross-border loans. Academics at Universitat Zurich found a correlation between domestic climate policies and banks' lending activity to...
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September 12, 2022
Insurance companies lack awareness of nature-related risks
Nature-related risks, covering natural assets such as land and water on which humans depend, are neglected by the insurance underwriters, according to a report from...
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September 7, 2022
How ESG investor engagement looks in France
We came across the engagement report of French active investor Phitrust – and found it fascinating. Phitrust Active Investors France invests in companies listed in...
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August 23, 2022
Finance's 'just transition' role in farming, forestry and fisheries
As soaring energy prices bring in sharp relief the challenges of the just transition to a greener economy, a new report suggest areas of intervention...
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August 22, 2022
US consumer litigation over ESG claims set to rise
It isn't only policymakers and environmental groups that are scrutinising companies' green credentials. Law firm Clifford Change warns about a wave of ESG litigation coming...
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August 18, 2022
Schrödinger’s cat and sustainability
After analysing holdings of all US-domiciled equities funds, Util, an analytics company that uses machine learning, has concluded that there is "no such thing as a ‘sustainable investment'." It studied...
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August 12, 2022
GFANZ, net zero portfolios and coal financing
The Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero has released guidelines to encourage the alignment of metrics used to stir investment portfolios towards net zero targets. (You may have already seen...
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August 9, 2022
China is world's fastest growing green bond market
It may surprise no one that China has caught up with some of the world's most established markets when it comes to green finance – it is now the second...
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July 15, 2022
Central banks map climate data gaps
As you know, the Network for Greening the Financial System brings together 116 central banks including the European Central Bank, the People's Bank of China and, more recently, the US...
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April 14, 2022
What we're reading: April 14 edition
Welcome to Sustainable Views' knowledge hub: the section of the site where we archive useful research we have read over the past weeks, so you can improve your knowledge and...
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