Putting the green in greenback? ESG investors target corporate accounts
Five years ago, many investors and executives would have politely told Jill Atkins to buzz off.
Five years ago, many investors and executives would have politely told Jill Atkins to buzz off.
Big Pharma’s vaccine victory lap may be cut short. The industry’s triumph in dispensing inoculations less than a year after the discovery of the deadly coronavirus has partially vindicated the business models of groups like Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca. But as governments took on much of the risk, pharma groups’ pricing will remain a target after the pandemic.
LONDON (Reuters) -Lloyd's of London is scaling back its exposure to coal and oil sands, the commercial insurance market said in its first sustainability report on Wednesday, in a reversal of its traditional hands-off approach to climate change strategy.
Japan's burgeoning green bond market will keep growing next year as Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's pledge to make the country carbon-neutral by 2050 boosts investor and issuer appetite, said Mana Nakazora, a member of a key government policy panel and chief credit analyst at BNP Paribas Japan.
In a country only starting to embrace green finance, a small lender based near picturesque Lake Biwa, Japan's largest freshwater lake, is making the most of its early push into environmentally friendly banking.
Business model transformation and decarbonization within the autos sector