Listen to this Sliced essay on any of the streaming platforms below. Written by: Jay Tipton Back in April, I wrote with cautious optimism about what seemed like a long-awaited breakthrough in global climate policy. In my Sliced essay “Pricing the Carbon of Marine Shipping,” I highlighted the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) plan to finally…
Listen to this Sliced essay on any of the streaming platforms below. Written by: VCM+ Coalition Modified by: Jay Tipton We’re excited to celebrate the launch of the VCM+ Coalition, unveiled during New York Climate Week. Led by the High Tide Foundation, ZOMALAB, and the Bezos Earth Fund, this new initiative represents an important next…
Listen to this Sliced essay on any of the streaming platforms below. Written by: Daniel Ortega Pacheco, Raj Pattni, Tripurari Prasad, and Sean Penrith In 2002, the bond market underwent a quiet revolution. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) introduced TRACE, a simple but powerful system that made transaction prices public. Trading costs dropped by 50%,…
Welcome to the September edition of our Virtus newsletter! This month, we’re energized by time together as a team in Malta, sharpened by new tools for smarter impact screening, and inspired by breakthrough research and bold moves in climate finance. In Our Take, Jimena introduces Traro, Gordian Knot Strategies’ seven-pillar screening tool that cuts through…
Written by: Jimena Caballero The climate finance pipeline is overflowing with projects looking for investment, but the real challenge for investors isn’t sourcing deals—it’s figuring out which ones are worth the time and resources. With $8.1 trillion in climate investment in nature-based solutions needed by 2050, the stakes have never been higher for allocating capital…