Hedge Funds Hunt Deals in Risk Scenarios Too Costly for Insurers April 7, 2025 By Natasha White As Los Angeles residents digested the apocalyptic scene left by wildfires earlier this year, the stage was simultaneously being set...
New UK-Based Climate Group Emerges as Banks Retreat February 20, 2025 By Natasha White It was a dank, drizzly February evening when about 120 people gathered in the brightly lit art gallery of London’s...
Coal Expansion Helps Lure Insurers Back to Australia Producer Whitehaven October 11, 2024 By Natasha White Whitehaven Coal Ltd., one of Australia’s largest coal producers, shelved a planned special purpose vehicle originally intended to provide in-house...
Germany Cracks Down on China Green Fraud in Deepening Scandal September 6, 2024 By Natasha White and Akshat Rathi German authorities have rejected €18 million ($20 million) worth of carbon credits after finding “irregularities” in China-based projects that were...
Risks Too Big for Insurers Just Fed a $200 Billion Market Boom in Captives September 4, 2024 By Natasha White As the market for in-house insurance surpasses a record $200 billion, the underlying reasons for that boom show how a...
Yellen Embraces Carbon Market Potential With Integrity Push May 28, 2024 By Jennifer A. Dlouhy and Natasha White The Biden administration unveiled a framework for using carbon offsets to drive climate progress, with principles it says are meant...
US Regulator to Issue Carbon-Credits Rulebook Within Months May 22, 2024 By Natasha White The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission expects to finalize its guidance for carbon credits within the next six months, as...
Investment Deficit Puts Planet on Path to Miss 1.5C, Study Finds April 5, 2024 By Natasha White A lack of investment in green energy has left the world on track to overshoot the 1.5C temperature increase that...
Banks, Insurers Targeted as Climate Group Seeks EU Review of Deforestation Rule February 28, 2024 By Natasha White Climate activists are putting pressure on the European Union to reconsider its decision to exclude banks from a landmark deforestation...
More ESG Lawsuits on the Horizon as Investors Jump on UK Law August 8, 2023 By Natasha White Investors are becoming more emboldened to file legal challenges against companies for their net zero claims, approaches to governance and...