All articles by Alejandro Gonzalez

What is a green asset?

We need a common definition of ‘what is a green asset?’ urges one speaker at the Paris Summit, another speaker points to EU’s taxonomy for answers

Sustainable Finance Summit Awards winners 2023

Winners across 12 categories named in Paris on 10 May 2023

Countdown to the Consumer Duty

Less than three months to go until the Consumer Duty Implementation.

BNP Paribas will no longer finance the development of new oil and gas fields

French bank is also setting new decarbonisation targets for the steel, cement and aluminium sectors.

Redwood brings CFO on board

Redwood Bank celebrated its fifth anniversary in 2022.

Time Finance hits lending milestone with £1.1m ABL facility

The financing went to a growing engineering firm specialising in steelwork, manufacturing and installation

Circular economy in the Global South could generate millions of jobs

Structured Finance ratings well positioned for a downturn

“Some sectors exposed to lower credit quality borrowers are showing signs of deterioration, such as subprime auto loans.”

Why climate equipment finance has immense potential

Investment in climate equipment finance is growing and several recent events are likely to accelerate its pace, writes Patricia Voorhees, a director at the Alta Group.

Funding fossil fuels still pays

Stock markets still show scant evidence that investors care to punish banks that fund fossil fuel companies. By Adrian Murdoch for Capital Monitor.