If they can charge them, they will buy them: e-buses and e-trucks
Electrifying heavy transport, such as buses, vans, and trucks, is going to be a key part of the decarbonisation of transport, and a major contributor to reducing urban air pollution.
EV charging is about more than hardware
EV charging is not just about providing the hardware to plug your car into at night. While smart charging (and other demand management technologies) are starting to really gain traction, wireless charging is still at an early stage. But it has massive potential.
Restricted and expensive insurance brings flood risk closer to home
Cyclone Gabrielle hit New Zealand, leaving destruction in its wake. The impacts of these events are even more severe if you are not insured.
How much for green chemicals?
We know we need to decarbonise the chemical industry - its going to be tough, but a pathway now exists to do it in a financially viable way.
Why investors need to think about COP 15
The 15th Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, known as COP15, resulted in a long-anticipated Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), heralded as a Paris-style agreement for nature.
How should we engage with Oil and Gas companies?
Engagement is now a big part of sustainability investing, but I argue that it's still in its infancy. It's not an “invest in renewables vs invest in O&G debate”, it's more about who is best placed to invest this capital wisely, the upstream O&G company or their shareholders.
We have enough materials for the green revolution BUT …
To many sustainability specialists, mining is not green, it's brown. It's sometimes thought of as being up there with O&G, some Heavy Industry, Tobacco and Coal. But, we cannot “fix” the problem through exclusions, mining is just too important.
Ford wants cheaper EV batteries?
Ford has recently announced that it plans to build a $3.5bn EV battery factory in Michigan USA, one of a swath of recent announcements across Asia, the US and Europe.
Biodiversity - the financial case
It might seem that reversing the impacts of biodiversity loss is a government problem, but solutions at the company and financial investor level are emerging, but they need nurturing and developing.
Is the outlook for palm oil getting better?
In the last two decades, palm oil has become an environmental boogeyman, for very good reasons. But, the story of palm oil is changing — seemingly for the better.
The ESG debate is becoming too simplistic
The sustainability and ESG finance debate has been oversimplified to the point where people have inadvertently over promised and under delivered.
Outsourcing liability through bankruptcy move may be blocked
The U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia has dismissed a bankruptcy filing by a J&J subsidiary, LTL Management., one of the so called Texas Two Step companies