F4B
Jul 15, 20214 min read
Majority of $17.2 Trillion Covid Stimulus Packages “Doing More Harm Than Good” to Environment
Final edition of ‘Greenness of Stimulus Index’ (GSI) concludes that only 10.6% of Covid-19 stimulus funding from major economies will...
F4B
Jul 14, 20214 min read
Central banks and financial supervisors need to act on nature-related risk, warns new WWF report
A new report highlights the urgency for central banks and financial supervisors to act on the risk of unprecedented nature loss. With...
F4B
Mar 31, 20213 min read
Build natural capital into Covid-19 relief packages
A 'green lens' must be applied to the Covid-19 relief offered by governments and international bodies such as the International Monetary...
F4B
Feb 26, 20211 min read
Follow the Money
Simon Zadek has started a monthly column for Environmental Finance. In his first column he outlines a five-point proposal for aligning...
F4B
Feb 12, 20213 min read
Global Covid-19 stimulus continues to damage environment – but US could catalyse greener recovery
Our 5th Greenness of Stimulus Index is released today. It shows that Global Covid-19 stimulus measures are continuing to have a net...
F4B
Jan 11, 20211 min read
Vivid Economics
Vivid Economics is a strategic economics consultancy spanning public policy and support for commercial decision making with a broad,...
F4B
Jan 3, 20211 min read
MAVA Foundation
The MAVA Foundation is based in Switzerland and focuses on the environment with a mission to conserve biodiversity for the benefit of...
F4B
Dec 17, 20201 min read
GSI in the media: Few major economies investing in nature-friendly COVID-19 recovery, index finds
Reuters Megan Rowling Governments have made little progress on greening COVID-19 stimulus packages, with spending in only seven of 25...
F4B
Dec 17, 20202 min read
New Greenness of Stimulus Report
The 4th edition of the Greenness of Stimulus Index is published today. Latest index shows Australia, Canada, India, South Africa and the...
F4B
Nov 13, 20201 min read
GSI features in Climate Transparency Report
The Climate Transparency Report is an annual review of G20 countries’ climate action and their transition to a net-zero emissions...
F4B
Oct 30, 20202 min read
GSI in the media roundup
October Environmental Finance - Environmental Finance - Bailout funding should have environmental strings attached IMF Fiscal Monitor -...
F4B
Oct 29, 20201 min read
New Greenness of Stimulus Index Report: Nature’s role in preventing pandemics neglected in US$12.7 t
The latest GSI report shows that economic rescue and recovery funds worldwide have failed to tackle natural world destruction. F4B and...
F4B
Oct 14, 20201 min read
IMF uses green stimulus methodology
F4B's Green Stimulus Index methodology which measures the greenness of country's fiscal response to the crisis, developed with Vivid...
F4B
Sep 23, 20204 min read
G20 leaders take first steps to deliver a green economic recovery from COVID-19 lockdown
The European Union as a whole and Germany and France in particular have taken the first big steps among G20 leading economies towards a...
F4B
Sep 22, 20202 min read
GSI in the media: Few countries living up to Covid 'green recovery' pledges
GSI features in The Guardian: Few countries are living up to their promises of a “green recovery” from the coronavirus crisis, with...
F4B
Aug 30, 20201 min read
Green Stimulus Index
The latest version of the Green Stimulus Index, produced in cooperation with F4B and Vivid Economics, has been released. This update of...