Written by Sean Penrith Introduction I was sitting on the patio after a day out with my wife, hunting down the perfect Xmas gift for her parents. I saw an alert for a post to our corporate Slack channel covering news relating to climate finance and markets. The headline flashed, “Phantom rice projects expose voluntary…
Welcome to the April Virtus newsletter! As spring brings a sense of renewal, April reminded us that progress in climate finance is anything but seasonal – it’s a constant push, full of complexity, innovation, and contradictions. In Our Take, we unpack the urgent need for climate adaptation finance in developing nations and explores how international…
Written by Jay Tipton Introduction Last week, while on a train from Madrid to Guadalajara for a quick day trip, I tuned into one of my favorite climate podcasts – Zero: The Climate Race, produced by Bloomberg. The episode, titled These ‘Beautiful’ Banks are Expected to Save Climate Finance, featured a compelling conversation between host…
Welcome to the March Virtus newsletter! After the wild ride that was January and February, March brought a new wave of urgency – and clarity. From questions about how small businesses can take climate action to deep dives into the role of philanthropy, we’ve been thinking a lot about how change actually happens (and who’s…
Written by Jay Tipton I recently had a friend who owns a small business ask how his company could become “net zero.” This term was completely new to him – he had heard it before but didn’t fully grasp what it meant. He understood it was about sustainability, but beyond that, he wasn’t sure where…
