With approximately 40 per cent of carbon emissions arising from the built environment, countries across the world are coming together in...
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The green, social and sustainability-linked loans market continues to grow and with that growth there are continued signs of a maturing...
Increasing ESG regulation across Europe affects the compliance obligations of banks and other financial services providers. Greenwashing...
The 2021 UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) was deemed by many to be a modest success, with some tangible positive progress achieved....
As the world continues to look for progress with the energy transition process, hydrogen’s contribution is needed to hit global net zero...
Financial sponsors are faced with a broad waterfront when it comes to managing ESG legal risk. The need to evaluate these wide-ranging...
On 28 June 2022, the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) announced a range of new and updated publications, intended to...
The question of how pension funds, charitable trusts and other investment vehicles balance their financial and other objectives, such as...
The rise of ESG investment and associated greenwashing has driven regulators to step up their efforts to increase transparency of...
On 10 March 2022, the LMA, APLMA and LSTA published two new guidance documents relating to ESG and sustainable finance: the 'Guidance for...
Hydrogen is arguably the energy sector’s rising star commodity. The hydrogen market is developing rapidly, and industry is seeking to...
Fintech M&A has consistently been in the news, even during the last 18 months. CB Insights reported in April 2021 that there had been 67...