Climate risk
Weather house of the year: Parameter Climate
Energy Risk Awards 2025: Advisory firm takes unique approach to scale weather derivatives markets
First green asset ratios come in low as EU banks protest methodology
ABN Amro only bank to break double digits in a sample of 23 lenders
Revenues soar for SCB as interest in climate risk intensifies
As firms scramble to manage their climate exposures, low-carbon specialist broker SCB is well placed to assist, almost doubling revenues in a year and securing top spots in the 2022 Energy Risk Commodity Rankings
Next-generation ESG derivatives
Amid increasing concern for the future of the planet, the demand for environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors has grown significantly. As such, global investors are looking for tools to support the development of sustainable portfolios. ESG…
Podcast: Investing, climate risk and energy firms
How are investors enabling the move to the low-carbon economy?
Power surge: the evolution of PPAs
In the first of a series analysing the financial risks of renewable energy, Cyriel de Jong looks at key developments in the power purchase agreements market
Calls to hike climate policy raise risk for oil firms
A ramp-up in policy could place more oil and gas assets under threat of stranding
When climate risk starts to bite
Energy firms under increased pressure to assess physical climate risk
HKMA unveils measures to combat climate change risks
HKMA will be government’s representative in a potential HK$100 billion green bond offering
Finding potential in a volatile commodities market
Macquarie is uniquely positioned to offer clients a range of products, expertise and experience across the commodities space. Nick O’Kane discusses the bank’s approach to commodity markets and what he expects next
Climate risk disclosure gains momentum but work needed: TCFD
Few firms disclose financial impact of climate risk, review finds
US carbon trade surviving below the radar
As the Trump administration refuses to address climate change both at home and abroad, a growing number of states are taking the lead, but will this enthusiasm reignite US environmental trading markets?
No escape from climate change tail risks
Harsh decisions need to be made on the future of energy financing now, before we run out of time
Climate risk joins ethics in driving lending decisions
Barclays, BNP Paribas and others are analysing risk of climate change-related losses
Emissions house of the year: Element Markets
Energy Risk Awards 2018: Established environmental business flourishes despite political uncertainty
Bolstering the biofuels market
Named the number one biofuels broker in the 2017 Energy Risk Commodity Rankings for the fifth consecutive year, SCB sees changing dynamics from greenhouse gas emissions programmes
Coal contracts boom is a sign of desperation
Producers' turn to derivatives may be a last throw of the dice
Climate change is the fattest tail risk of them all
Casting doubt on science is an unwise risk management strategy, Vincent Kaminski argues
Weather house of the year: Munich Re Trading
The weather derivatives specialist has won praise for its consistent, high-quality service
Asian emissions markets seen as step in right direction
Hopes that carbon emissions might one day emerge as the next major commodity market have been confounded by poor liquidity in Europe and the lack of a federal US cap-and-trade scheme. But developments in some Asian countries are giving traders more to…