Finance

Companies pressed by recruits and investors pay for environmental credentials

The focus is on `scalable solutions’ such as electric vehicles, plant-based food, health care and other clean-energy companies.

The man who helped start a fossil-fuel giant is now investing in a timber mill that he says can be part of the fight against climate change.

Most asset owners joining groups that pledge to reduce carbon footprints aren’t directly voting on climate resolutions.

How to attract a larger swath of individual participants is the sector’s next big hurdle.

Developing countries often struggle to be heard because of the uneven power dynamic that underpins negotiations

It’s not just the moral imperative of dumping fossil-fuel producers anymore. Now it’s a matter of financial health. 

The Sunion is a publication brought by some solar industry veterans who want more people to understand their confusing, complicated, wonderful work

Some of the world’s most influential investors have turned a corner in sustainable finance, survey shows.

Saudi plans to raise billions of dollars in coming months as environmental, social and governance investors seek more details about planned issuance.

The time may have arrived to invest in companies doing everything from upgrading electrical grids to developing weather-resistant building materials.

The investor’s venture-capital portfolio jumped 102% in 2020, powered by battery-maker QuantumScape 

Even as countries fought bitter battles over how to tackle climate change, they signaled a clear alignment on the need to cut emissions fast.

Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani are critical to the nation’s 2070 goal, but a massive reliance on fossil fuels casts doubt on their green ambitions.

Ten years ago, developing oil and gas projects was about the same as renewable endeavors. Not anymore.

Proposals at the COP26 summit argue that rich countries should give more money to developing nations so that it's less risky for private institutions to invest

Science Based Targets initiative aims to find a consensus on developing an industry standard.

The former central banker is about to take center stage at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow.

A new group would let countries make targeted donations; it aims to attract 10 times the initial investment

Science Based Targets initiative will provide independent assessment of whether corporate climate plans align with Paris agreement goals

Equinor and TotalEnergies have top rankings and are doing great. Exxon and Chevron, not as much.

Harvard and Microsoft also are partners in Generation’s new asset-management venture.

ABP announces divestment plan as investors with $39 trillion prepare to offload fossil fuels

JPMorgan, Citigroup and Bank of America have earned the most fees from the oil, gas and coal industries. 

The plan includes a climate-related analysis of stocks, corporate bonds and real estate investments.

The Transition Pathway Initiative was set up in 2017 to measure the pace of corporate decarbonization.

Carbon dioxide emissions from the energy sector are set to rebound 4% across the world’s major economies this year

About $2 trillion of investment funds have already been impacted by the new European regulation known as SFDR.

Over half of the companies surveyed by Boston Consulting Group acknowledged an error rate of as much as 40%.

Britain will require vast amounts of private funding to live up to its pledge on biodiversity.