Masterclass in Food Systems and Sustainable Finance
Masterclass in Food Systems and Sustainable Finance Course Director: Stephanie Walton is a financial geographer researching the connections, tensions, and trade-offs between what we need from our food systems and what we expect from our financial systems. She is a doctoral candidate with the Oxford Sustainable Finance Group where she is currently researching stranded assets […]
Making Japan’s GX a model for the world
A recent article, entitled ‘Making Japan’s GX a model for the world’ written by Ben Caldecott, Director of the Sustainable Finance Group at the University of Oxford, examines Japan’s ambitious Green Transformation (GX) initiative – a ten-year, 150 trillion yen plan aimed at driving decarbonization and mobilizing private investment. Read more about his insights and […]
Emmanuel Faber public lecture: Future Proofing Capital Markets with Sustainability Disclosures
The University of Oxford Prize for Greening Finance was established in 2023 to recognise research and service that helps society better understand how environmental change influences finance and investment, and how economic and financial systems can contribute to achieving global environmental sustainability. An endowment has been established to support the Prize in perpetuity through a […]
Lecture by Ruth Davis OBE UK Special Representative for Nature
The Oxford Sustainable Finance Group, the Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery and FinBio, are hosting a lecture by Ruth Davis OBE, the UK Special Representative for Nature. The lecture will take place at 5.00 pm on Friday 3 October 2025 at Trinity College, Oxford, and will be followed by a drinks reception. Nature is fundamental to climate stability, food security, […]
Oxford Sustainable Finance Summit 2025: A look back
We hosted our third Oxford Sustainable Finance Summit in July on the theme of reinvention and renewal. A recalibration of sustainable finance and investment is underway. After a decade of continuous expansion, we are entering a period of reinvention and consolidation. Geopolitical upheaval, economic uncertainty, and rapid advances in technologies such as AI are reshaping […]
Global banks fuel fossil growth despite climate crisis warnings
Ben Caldecott, Director of the Oxford Sustainable Finance Group, was recently featured in an article by The Wall Street Journal, which detailed global banks sharp increase for fossil fuel financing in 2024, committing $869.4 billion—a 23% rise from the previous year—despite escalating climate warnings, according to the latest Banking on Climate Chaos report. Ben Caldecott […]
Professor Rob Bauer public lecture: What Investors Really Want: Beliefs, Preferences, and the Practice of Sustainable Investing
The University of Oxford Prize for Greening Finance was established in 2023 to recognise research and service that helps society better understand how environmental change influences finance and investment, and how economic and financial systems can contribute to achieving global environmental sustainability. An endowment has been established to support the Prize in perpetuity through a […]
Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance to ‘advance work’ on financing CO2 removal
Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance to ‘advance work’ on financing CO2 removal Ben Caldecott, director of the Oxford Sustainable Finance Group, was recently featured in an article by Responsible Investor, detailing that the Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA) expects to publish a paper on best practices for how investors can finance the development of carbon dioxide […]
Financing costs and the competitiveness of renewable power
Executive Summary Relative to fossil fuel power, renewables are sensitive to changes in the cost of capital (CoC). After decades of low financing costs, interest rates have risen sharply in developed economies post-COVID19. We investigate the implications of changing CoC on the competitiveness of renewables, with impacts differing by region. In the U.S., higher rates […]
Climate Transition Plans’ Assessment in Hard-to-Abate Sectors: Evidence from Airlines
Executive Summary As industries navigate the transition to net-zero emissions, aviation faces unique challenges balancing growth with decarbonisation. With air travel demand expected to triple by mid-century and limited near-term alternatives to fossil fuels, credible climate transition plans are essential—yet robust assessment tools remain scarce. This study introduces a correlation based scoring framework to evaluate […]