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What is the role of biodiversity bonds in green finance?

What is the role of biodiversity bonds in green finance?

Sehrish Alikhan
24 Jul 2024

Last month, BBVA Colombia announced it will be issuing the financial sector’s first biodiversity bo...

A hopeful vision for a sustainable future: Embracing the power of narratives

A hopeful vision for a sustainable future: Embracing the power of narratives

Brigitte Bernard-Rau
19 Jul 2024

Where I come from, storytelling plays an important role. As an oral tradition, this form of expressi...

UK election 2024: What the manifestos mean for sustainability

UK election 2024: What the manifestos mean for sustainability

Sehrish Alikhan
04 Jul 2024

The UK general election will take place on July 4, with each party championing different priorities ...

London’s abuzz with Climate Action Week 2024

London’s abuzz with Climate Action Week 2024

Sehrish Alikhan
27 Jun 2024

June 22-29 celebrates London Climate Action Week (LCAW), a week of events, conferences, seminars, an...

Why treasury teams should help lead sustainability policies and reporting

Why treasury teams should help lead sustainability policies and reporting

Scott Hamilton
13 Jun 2024

Corporate finance and treasury teams need to be ready, willing, and able to assist – rather than sim...

Greenhushing: How will it impact sustainability efforts in financial services?

Greenhushing: How will it impact sustainability efforts in financial services?

Sehrish Alikhan
13 May 2024

We have all heard of greenwashing – when companies lie or exaggerate their sustainable efforts to ga...

Levelling the playing field for sustainable, green investments

Levelling the playing field for sustainable, green investments

Scott Hamilton
03 May 2024

“Our point is now, the real place this world is going is not back to 1950. In fact, we're going to a...

What will the UK climate fintech space look like in 2035?

What will the UK climate fintech space look like in 2035?

Madhvi Mavadiya
18 Apr 2024

This is an extract from the recently published report, 'The Future of UK Fintech - 2015-2035'. 2006 ...

How fintechs can help build a new climate-centric financial architecture for Africa

How fintechs can help build a new climate-centric financial architecture for Africa


05 Mar 2024

During last year’s COP28 summit in Dubai, African political and financial leaders spoke extensively ...

Where will ESG stand in financial services in 2024?

Where will ESG stand in financial services in 2024?

Katie Blum
20 Feb 2024

The evolution of ESG from buzzword to a fundamental aspect of decision-making for businesses and inv...

Forget COP: Why financial markets must advocate for ESG

Forget COP: Why financial markets must advocate for ESG

Daniel Klier
11 Jan 2024

Experts warn 2024 could take us into uncharted climate territory, pushing temperature rises beyond ...

COP28: Why climate science is critical for banking regulation

COP28: Why climate science is critical for banking regulation

Lukky Ahmed
14 Dec 2023

Science is at the heart of COP28 Against a backdrop of record global temperatures and associated ext...