Sustainable Finance

Asset managers’ SFDR disclosures still too generic despite 'credible progress'

"Credible, clear disclosures are possible – but they are still far from the norm."

Melodie Michel

29 May 2025

Energy Transition

Investors press banks to set clear renewables financing targets

"Banks are not yet providing a clear strategy on how they will specifically finance the sectors and technologies most needed for the clean energy transition."

Melodie Michel

07 May 2025

Sustainable Finance

HSBC investors demand renewed climate commitment after ‘deeply concerning signals’

"If the bank fails to do so it should not expect shareholders to remain silent."

Melodie Michel

02 May 2025

Oil & Gas

Shareholders ask Shell to justify how LNG expansion fits within climate ambition

"The level of fossil gas production planned by Shell is not only environmentally dangerous, but creates financial risk for investors too."

Melodie Michel

08 January 2025

Banking

JP Morgan completes Wall Street’s exodus from Net Zero Banking Alliance

All six of the top US banks have now left the climate alliance, two weeks before Donald Trump begins his second term.

Melodie Michel

07 January 2025

Biodiversity

Investors urged to strengthen biodiversity policies ahead of COP16

“Investors are not doing enough to adapt their investment policies to tackle the destruction of important ecosystems in protected areas."

Melodie Michel

11 September 2024

Sustainable Finance

Sustainable finance under scrutiny amid Barclays controversy

Overly flexible guidelines may be allowing banks to fund fossil fuel expansion under sustainability labels.

Melodie Michel

14 May 2024

Operations & Finance

Global banks under pressure to set more specific sustainable finance targets

To meet the world’s net zero targets, the ratio of green to fossil fuel financing should reach a minimum of 4:1 by 2030.

Melodie Michel

06 May 2024