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When raising over $1bn goes wrong: a climate-tech investor cautionary tale

As climate-tech companies raise bigger rounds, premature scaling and underperformance can have severe consequences for both investors and founders, argues Laurie Menoud, founding partner of California-based VC firm At One Ventures

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Engaging with sovereign issuers: Developed Market investors can learn from Emerging Markets

When it comes to engaging with sovereigns on climate change, developed market investors can learn a thing or two from emerging markets, argues Claire Meier Underhill, investor director at ASCOR

Some positive news on emissions reporting: a more edifying counter-example

In this third instalment of a series examining the flaws in emissions reporting, Elizabeth Carey, an independent adviser to the LGPS, highlights an unexpected positive example of corporate emissions disclosure

Engagement

Oil and gas results are coming up - will geopolitical conflict shift their narrative?

LGPS

Weathering the Storm: navigating investment in climate adaptation

Engagement

Why stewardship needs a system upgrade

Gaslighting: why methane remains a blind spot in emissions disclosures

In this second instalment of a series of articles tackling the problems with emissions reporting, Elizabeth Carey, an independent adviser to the LGPS, examines why natural gas should not be branded as transition fuel or considered inherent to the renewable energy mix.

By Elizabeth Carey

Selective accounting of emissions paints an inconsistent picture

Why the Pension Schemes Bill must tackle climate risk to protect UK savers

The 2025 proxy season is the latest sign sustainable investing needs a systemic reset

How can investors meet the 2025 deforestation deadline?

Are we entering a ‘dark age’ for shareholder participation in fossil fuel AGMs?

When regulation steps back, the market steps forward: private sector leadership in sustainable real estate

Defined Contribution

Mind the gap: younger DC members care about the planet, their pension funds should take note

Sovereign Wealth

National Wealth Fund reform could drive up investment in the UK’s just transition

Consulting

Big oil’s step back is a signal to shareholders

What does BlackRock’s new “energy pragmatism” tell us about net zero investment?

BlackRock CEO and chairman Larry Fink has published his annual letter to investors, with climate change being ominously absent. What does this tell us about the state of net zero investing?

Research

BP’s chance for real capital discipline

Banking

EBA’s new guidelines offer a beacon of hope amid regulatory uncertainty

Investment Manager

Are we headed into greenhushing territory?

Fixed Income

Empowering bondholders: how to drive climate action in fixed income portfolios

Infrastructure