Our ESG ambition: being an agent of positive change

Energy price volatility has had an obvious impact on ESG portfolios this year, but we also need to consider the longer-term dynamics around energy and commodity markets.

The Ocean provides key ecosystem services that are crucial for human wellbeing and the prosperity of the global economy. Learn more on how a sustainable blue economy could be implemented.

Our CIO Special looks at the rapidly growing Asian energy market and how policymakers are trying to satisfy growing demand – while also reducing carbon emissions and improving energy security.

In this CIO Special we look at the remarkable progress that India has achieved in its energy transition from fossil-fuel based sources to sustainable and green ones.

Nature-based Solutions (NbS) will help us tackle the climate crisis. But to fully harness their potential, we need a precise conceptual understanding of what they are and the benefits they provide.

After the initial phases of acceptance, then rapid growth, ESG has now entered a new stage centred on performance – both in terms of financial returns and “real world” positive effects. Our latest CIO Special report looks at the changing landscape of ESG investing, what to expect in future and the portfolio management implications.

This introductory guide to the global threats facing coral reefs – and what we can do to reduce them – is part of our new CIO Nature Series providing insights on nature-based solutions to address climate impacts and foster adaptation efforts.

As we mark the UN’s World Oceans Day for 2022, we face major challenges in building a sustainable blue economy. This CIO Special, produced in collaboration with the Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance (ORRAA), explains how the global financial sector will play an important role in finding solutions.

Our CIO Special looks at likely future trends in ESG assessment and why biodiversity will be an increasingly important consideration.

Our special report looks at the topic of biodiversity from a natural capital perspective, and provides insights into how we can start to tackle the “triple planetary crisis” around climate, nature and pollution. With a preface by Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta, Frank Ramsey Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Cambridge.

Jean-Michel Cousteau, the French ocean explorer, film maker, educationalist, philanthropist and founder of the Ocean Futures Society, talks about connecting with people globally to make a difference; and about his celebrated father, Jacques Cousteau.

Co-hosted by Deutsche Bank and the Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance (ORRAA), the DB x ORRAA Ocean Conference aimed to to demystify the sustainable blue economy and show how private capital can help achieve positive ocean impact at scale.

At an event hosted in our lounge during Frieze London & Frieze Masters, minds from the worlds of art, science and economics came together to explore what adaptation means in a time of radical change.

Watch a full replay of our event discussing the Deutsche Bank Ocean Resilience Philanthropy Fund and philanthropy’s key role in ocean finance.

Our report describes the results of Phase I of the Future Climate Coral Bank project, the first project supported by the Deutsche Bank Ocean Resilience Philanthropy Fund.

The Ocean provides key ecosystem services that are crucial for human wellbeing and the prosperity of the global economy. Learn more on how a sustainable blue economy could be implemented.

Our CIO Special looks at the rapidly growing voluntary sovereign carbon credit market, reinvigorated by agreement on a new framework for asset issuance.

Nature-based Solutions (NbS) will help us tackle the climate crisis. But to fully harness their potential, we need a precise conceptual understanding of what they are and the benefits they provide.

This introductory guide to the global threats facing coral reefs – and what we can do to reduce them – is part of our new CIO Nature Series providing insights on nature-based solutions to address climate impacts and foster adaptation efforts.

As we mark the UN’s World Oceans Day for 2022, we face major challenges in building a sustainable blue economy. This CIO Special, produced in collaboration with the Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance (ORRAA), explains how the global financial sector will play an important role in finding solutions.