News
Relevant News Articles
ESG Investor
NOVEMBER 2024
Policy Gaps Curbing Private Climate Finance Flows
Policy gaps hinder climate finance flows; experts call for national transition plans and innovative financing to meet Paris Agreement targets, writes Jack Grogan-Fenn, with insights from Canbury’s co-founder Will Martindale.
Responsible Investor
NOVEMBER 2024
UK consults on 'value case' for green taxonomy
Dominic Webb covers the UK government launch of a consultation on the value of a green taxonomy, announcing draft legislation for ESG ratings regulation, and revealing plans for transition finance, all part of a broader sustainable finance package aimed at maintaining the UK’s leadership in the sector.
Responsible Investor
NOVEMBER 2024
Big Read: How can investors move the needle on regenerative agriculture?
Institutional investors have a key role to play in driving a shift towards more sustainable farming practices, write Laura Chapman and Lucy Hussona.
Net Zero Investor
OCTOBER 2024
Canada’s Boreal: how investors can widen their stewardship efforts on nature
Ahead of this week’s PRI In Person Event in Toronto, Will Martindale, co-founder of Canbury reflects on a visit to Canada’s Boreal Forest urging investors to widen their efforts on nature stewardship.
Net Zero Investor
JUNE 2024
Canbury’s Martindale: “It is time for a British responsible investment renaissance”
Will Martindale, co-founder of Canbury Insights and author of “Responsible Investment: An Insider’s Account” argues that in an age of populism, investors should see their role as policy makers, rather than being mere policy takers.
Responsible Investor
JUNE 2024
Comment: Laws, lobbying and links to deforestation in Canada’s boreal
Deforestation in the boreal is often missing from investors’ to-do lists. This year’s PRI In Person, taking place in Canada, presents a once-in-a-decade opportunity to address this.
Net Zero Investor
MAY 2024
California’s new climate rules set a new standard for emissions disclosures
The impending consequences of climate change have always been on the agenda for family and friends in California (whether they’ve known it or not!).
IPE
MAY 2024
ESMA publishes final guidance on ESG fund names
Europe’s financial markets supervisor has published its final guidelines for how asset managers can use words like ‘sustainability’ and ‘ESG’ in fund names.
Responsible Investor
JANUARY 2024
'Under-resourced and ineffective' : Industry leaders deliver gloomy verdict on stewardship
A range of responsible investment experts have voiced concerns about the state of stewardship in a new book by Will Martindale, formerly head of policy at the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) and co-head of sustainability at Cardano.
ESG Investor
JANUARY 2024
All Systems go for Net Zero
COP28 reminded investors of the difficulties involved in reaching inter-governmental consensus on intensifying climate action. Now they must wait to see how signatories to the Paris Agreement act on the commitments outlined in the official response to the Global Stocktake, as well as multiple other pledges announced across the two weeks before that final text was signed, sealed and gavelled.
IPE
JANUARY 2024
Pension funds barely contribute to stewardship, claims former sustainability chief
Pension schemes are not paying enough towards stewardship programmes, according to Will Martindale, former chief sustainability officer of Anglo-Dutch investment house Cardano.
Responsible Investor
DECEMBER 2023
COP28: Green washout or khaki progress?
Close to 100,000 people have flocked to Dubai for COP28 this year, making it by some reports the largest COP ever, despite concerns around the country’s environmental and human rights record.
ESG Investor
NOVEMBER 2023
The Privilege of Agency
Will Martindale, Co-founder of Canbury, calls on investors to use the levers at their disposal to drive meaningful climate change action at COP28.
ESG Investor
OCTOBER 2023
Sluggish Policy Stalling the Winds of Change
Ben Wilmot, co-founder of newly launched sustainability consultancy Canbury, says that offshore wind projects are “struggling to get onshore connections”. Onshore wind, however, can “face significant barriers in obtaining local support”. “The electricity network needs significant investment and reform to enable the next wave of clean energy projects to connect,” he says, noting that new projects are being offered connection dates extending into the late 2030s.
Sustainable Views
OCTOBER 2023
UK’s competition watchdog: fines unlikely for companies that meet new green guidance
“[The guidance] will remove any lingering doubt that collaborative engagement on sustainability issues was breaching competition law,” said Will Martindale, managing director at consultancy Canbury Insights.
Responsible Investor
SEPTEMBER 2023
Next European Commission should pay more attention to stewardship
“The incoming European Commission has an opportunity to do more on stewardship and should pay more attention to the topic”, said Will Martindale.
IPE
SEPTEMBER 2023
Cardano duo quits to start own consultancy
“Sustainability teams are being asked to do more with less, with growing regulatory and voluntary disclosures, increased client expectations and new sustainability themes.” “Our technology expertise allows us to source public data sets and provide a comprehensive assessment of a company’s sustainability risks. We also bring together sustainability data with financial data.”
