Finance

Guy Dauncey’s Big Solutions: Raising interest rates is a cruel cudgel that hurts the most vulnerable. There are other responses that governments and central banks should consider.

Finance

Five trends that shaped sustainable finance in 2022

Eugene Ellmen

Last year was mostly disappointing for ESG investing, but there is reason for cautious optimism in 2023

Finance

A new year’s resolution for federal pension funds: Stop financing fossil fuels

Patrick DeRochie

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Public Sector Pension Investment Board continue to finance oil and gas expansion abroad

Finance

HSBC to stop financing new oil and gas fields except in Canada

Shawn McCarthy

It will be business as usual for the London bank’s Canadian subsidiary, as it’s being sold to RBC

Finance

U.S. sustainable investing assets plunge by more than US$8 trillion

Eugene Ellmen

A new report says a greenwashing crackdown by the U.S. SEC is partly driving massive reassessment of ESG assets

Finance

How emerging technologies can strengthen ESG

Cory Searcy and Muhammad Asif

Our research shows emerging technologies such as blockchain, digital twins, satellite imaging and cloud computing can play a critical role in measuring and reporting on ESG

Finance

New report shows at least $200-billion drop in responsible investing market share in Canada

Eugene Ellmen

Fund managers are stripping “responsible investment” classification from some portfolios in response to allegations of greenwash

Finance

Most Canadian companies are ignoring true costs of doing business

Sean Cleary and Pamela Steer

New report from Queen’s Institute for Sustainable Finance finds that beyond the largest public corporations meaningful climate-related risk reporting barely exists

Finance

Mark Carney’s net-zero banking alliance backtracks on compulsory climate targets

Eugene Ellmen

Critics call for climate regulation, not just voluntary initiatives, after GFANZ drops UN Race to Zero targets

These 50 Canadian corporations are carving out a more sustainable future

Europe is setting the standard for sustainable business – and earning the rewards

The 25 most sustainable private companies in the world

Finance

Seven ways to tackle inflation without raising interest rates

Five trends that shaped sustainable finance in 2022

A new year’s resolution for federal pension funds: Stop financing fossil fuels

HSBC to stop financing new oil and gas fields except in Canada

U.S. sustainable investing assets plunge by more than US$8 trillion

How emerging technologies can strengthen ESG

New report shows at least $200-billion drop in responsible investing market share in Canada

Most Canadian companies are ignoring true costs of doing business

Mark Carney’s net-zero banking alliance backtracks on compulsory climate targets

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