ESG
What were the top FDI themes in 2022?
While the foreign direct investment (FDI) world still revolves around sectors and subsectors, themes are becoming ever more prominent. Themes…
In conversation with: Salmaan Jaffery, DIFC chief business development officer
In late 2022, Salmaan Jaffery, the chief business development officer at the Dubai International Finance Centre (DIFC), sat down with…
Software is now driving the EV charging market
Electric vehicle (EV) adoption is outperforming all expectations and is now expected to represent more than half of US vehicle…
How climate denial became the anti-ESG movement
On 15 December, executives at BlackRock and State Street, two of the three largest asset managers in the world, appeared…
Why banks are key to turning the tide on oil and gas
At the end of October, just ahead of the COP27 climate conference, Lloyds Banking Group – the UK’s biggest domestic…
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Market interventions killing industry’s access to renewable power – BASF Renewable Energy CEO
At the beginning of the year, Germany’s BASF, the world’s largest chemicals company, announced it was bundling all its activities…
Net zero could drive up the global demand for timber, putting at risk the world’s forests
The drive to net zero could lead to a fourfold surge in the global demand for timber by 2050, according…
Good Food Finance Network publishes targets for sustainable food transition
The Good Food Finance Network’s High Ambition Group, a group of 11 influential institutions in food and finance, has unveiled…
HSBC ads ban increases greenwashing scrutiny of UK banking sector
A new ruling by a regulator in the UK challenges the banking sector's ability to make climate action claims, and…
Aluminium production is critical for the energy transition but hamstrung by high electricity costs
The energy transition is driving a huge surge in demand for aluminium, but the industry is facing huge capacity constraints…