In a picnic basket of ideas, Giles Gibbons Friday 5 reviews the week that’s just gone and the road - or ocean - ahead.

Andrew KuperAndrew Kuper Founder and CEO at LeapFrog Investments posts an interesting article on LinkedIn about the incredible opportunities available for investors if they just look in the right places.

European Investment Bank (EIB) report on nature-based solutions (NBS) investigates financial barriers and opportunities for scaling of green actions that protect or restore natural ecosystems, while mitigating threats to society, such as floods, coastal erosion, and overheating cities

Biodiversity and climate change are two interlinked emergencies: climate change causes biodiversity decline and in turn, biodiversity loss destabilizes the ecosystems and drives climate change.

Tough on greenwashing and the causes of greenwashing. But is it enough?

Investment Content Trends
Analysis of global trends in investment content and thought leadership from SAVVY Investor magazine

Climate change is one of the biggest challenges facing investors today. It presents both risks and opportunities for investors, and it's important that they understand how their portfolios will be affected by these changes.

The need to decarbonize the economy and improve infrastructure is now more pressing than ever. It requires Innovation, Collaboration & Leadership from all sides.

I’m old enough to remember the song “Smoke get’s in your eyes” Yes, that was a real song title children. It also gets everywhere else and while vaping may have some advantages, it’s not 100% harmless.

The Wei Forward Report II draws together industry and academic insight from financial experts to provide recommendations as to encourage capital allocation to impact investing. Calling for a radical rethink of the impactful investing policy framework, the Wei Forward Report II aims to accelerate the commercialisation of innovative science and technology-based solutions to meet environmental and social challenges.

Reframing the futureHow investors are rethinking markets, reallocating portfolios and responsibly investing amid dramatic shifts in the macroeconomic and geopolitical landscape

The enormous importance of Sovereign Wealth Funds may not be forefront of the average persons mind, but given their powerful impact on markets, pensions and returns as a whole, perhaps they should be?

The International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds (IFSWF) is a voluntary organisation of global sovereign wealth funds committed to promoting good governance and investment management practices through dialogue, research and self-assessment.

It’s clear that in-person, virtual, and hybrid conferences all have pros and cons. In the end though, the point of such events is to share insights that get used – and for this to succeed, there really is no substitute for being in a room together.

“This years report shows that Governments are prioritising direct carbon pricing policies to reduce emissions even in difficult economic times” says the World Bank

The Principles were intended to allay the concerns of recipient countries that sovereign investors were motivated by other than financial interests.

In this week's edition of Friday 5, Giles Gibbons giving the Good Business take on B Corp UK's revised criteria, sustainability in The Premier League, British Vogue's attempt to make #inclusivity a fashion must-have, and much more

A comprehensive briefing on the issues around water and the implications for investors

The church pension board plans to vote against Shell’s proposed green energy strategy and will instead back Follow This’ alternative proposals.

OECD says: Shifting only 3.7% of their assets towards sustainable activities in developing countries would be sufficient to fill the USD 3.7 trillion gap