Marianne Gros

Sustainability and ESG senior reporter

Marianne Gros is sustainability and ESG senior reporter. She joined Euromoney in 2022, having previously covered asset allocation news in the European institutional investment space.

Recent Articles

ESG

Is Jordan ready for sustainable finance?

Jordan Kuwait Bank has issued the country’s first green bond, a key milestone for sustainability driven capital investments in the country. But getting momentum going in the sector will be an uphill battle.

Marianne Gros, May 03, 2023
ESG

Crédit Agricole boasts ESG protocol to clean up blockchain tech

The French investment bank is taking a bet on a double-edged blockchain technology to stay ahead of both the tokenization and sustainability trends.

Marianne Gros, April 21, 2023
ESG

StanChart’s Marisa Drew on transition finance and moving on from Credit Suisse

Standard Chartered’s new chief sustainability officer is not shying away from the reality of what the energy transition looks like in emerging markets.

Marianne Gros, April 19, 2023
ESG

ESG: Buyers on the VCM demand more insurance options

Risk-sharing mechanisms could help drive confidence in the voluntary carbon market, but insurance products are scarce.

Marianne Gros, March 30, 2023
OPINION

Credit Suisse’s sustainability experts face uncertain future after shotgun wedding

What will UBS’s post-merger sustainable finance strategy look like?

Marianne Gros, March 27, 2023
ESG

The climate tech funding gap just got worse

Solar thermal technology could offer cheap carbon-free heat for manufacturers. But tech developers are stuck in a financing gap between venture capital and project finance that will be harder to fill after recent bank failures.

Marianne Gros, March 16, 2023
OPINION

Banks’ energy policies reflect net-zero ambition gap

Restrictions on upstream oil and gas financing aren’t the silver bullet that the sector needs to achieve its climate goals.

Marianne Gros, February 23, 2023
ESG

How to build a sustainable bank

Sustainability is now fundamental to all bank operations. Restructuring to make sure that the right people are in the right sustainability roles has been a challenge for some firms. Euromoney looks at what is needed to become a credible ESG leader.

Marianne Gros, February 10, 2023
ESG

Barclays’ Hanna on climate tech and the ‘oilephant’ in the room

Just back from Davos, the bank’s new head of sustainable finance says the industry needs to do more, and Barclays needs to do more on transition.

Marianne Gros, February 01, 2023
OPINION

Can the little guy really take on fossil fuel?

Strong collective-action campaigns might hurt some banks' reputations, but they will do little to convince those institutions to change their energy policies.

Marianne Gros, January 20, 2023
ESG

ESG in 2023: Post-war pragmatism prevails

Macroeconomic disruptions and regulatory scrutiny will drive market participants to adopt a practical environmental, social and governance strategy in the year ahead – one that is less about narrative and more about materiality.

Marianne Gros, January 16, 2023
ESG

Pressure builds on green hydrogen in pursuit of decarbonization

COP27 placed green hydrogen production at the top of the global net-zero agenda. Banks want to fund this technology, but energy supply, cost and regulatory uncertainty are jeopardizing its future as the decarbonization solution for hard-to-abate sectors.

Marianne Gros, December 20, 2022
ESG

Qatar’s banks team up with GORD to promote their ESG credentials

Qatari banks are eager to demonstrate their commitment to sustainable banking amid growing public scrutiny of the environmental cost of hosting the World Cup.

Marianne Gros, December 01, 2022
OPINION

What was I doing at COP27?

The climate circus has packed up and left, with everyone disappointed and no one surprised. Some thoughts from a COP first-timer.

Marianne Gros, November 29, 2022
OPINION

Do sovereign SLBs add up?

Uruguay reignites the debate on transition finance with its sovereign sustainability-linked bond.

Marianne Gros, November 23, 2022
ESG

Barclays Private Bank on the missing voice at COP27

Euromoney meets Damian Payiatakis, Barclays Private Bank’s head of sustainable and impact investing, to talk about how quiet private wealth has been so far at the UN Climate Change Conference.

Marianne Gros, November 16, 2022
ESG

COP27: Inconsistent progress on fossil fuels shows need for flexibility

Reports published at COP27 suggest slow but steady progress by banks on interim sector targets for net zero. But political reality, particularly in the US, requires a delicate approach.

Marianne Gros, November 10, 2022
ESG

JPMorgan’s DFI on driving private capital into emerging markets

Daniel Zelikow, chairman of JPMorgan Development Finance Institution’s governing board, on private-sector development finance, EM policy risk and funding bankable assets.

Marianne Gros, November 09, 2022
ESG

Financing agritech is key to future food sustainability

Climate-smart innovations and regenerative agriculture are attracting tech-savvy equity investors to the farming sector. Access to affordable financing will determine how fast those companies can grow to scale and provide an exit.

Marianne Gros, November 09, 2022
ESG

TPT publishes disclosure framework as corporates fret over regulatory overload

Announced on Tuesday at COP27, the Transition Plan Taskforce document responds to market demand for more uniformity on corporate plans.

Marianne Gros, November 08, 2022
ESG

COP27: The IMF wants more debt-for-nature and climate swaps

As the private sector demands more guidelines, COP27 should promote the development of a global framework on innovative finance.

Marianne Gros, November 08, 2022
OPINION

The VCM faces a liquidity paradox

Carbon credit traders want to secure the integrity of the voluntary carbon market while encouraging speculative trading that could fix its liquidity problem.

Marianne Gros, October 18, 2022
ESG

Net zero forces the voluntary carbon market to grow up fast

Demand for carbon offsetting credits on the VCM has intensified as corporates look for solutions to reach net zero. But as more and more institutions look to tap this market, can the existing infrastructure cope?

Marianne Gros, October 17, 2022
OPINION

Drax underscores environmental impact risks for ESG funds

Regulators want to prevent greenwashing; corporates need to abide by the rules. What happens when science doesn’t help?

Marianne Gros, October 10, 2022
ESG

Malaysia shows the way for ESG sukuk issuance

The launch of an SRI-linked sukuk framework this summer is a blueprint for others to follow.

Chris Wright, October 03, 2022
ESG

Barbados blue bond to help Caribbean with liability management

New deal adds two-year payment deferral to existing natural-disaster clause to mitigate impact of a future pandemic.

Marianne Gros, September 30, 2022
ESG

Stranded energy asset risk is still very real

Fossil fuel assets were set to become obsolete in the transition to net zero. But the war in Ukraine is forcing European governments to secure alternative energy sources and driving demand for coal, oil and gas back in the wrong direction. With the global energy transition seemingly pitched against national energy security agendas, banks are trying to navigate a difficult path through the turmoil.

Marianne Gros, September 28, 2022
OPINION

Dutch agro reform: more funding, not fewer farmers

The Netherlands wants biodiversity to be at the forefront of agricultural reform. But the government’s plan to buy out livestock farmers – which was behind the resignation of agriculture minister Henk Staghouwer last week – is a short-sighted solution.

Marianne Gros, September 15, 2022
ESG

How European energy policies could drive mortgage defaults

With more than 220 million homes to renovate, banks must provide the necessary funding to avoid being left with non-compliant housing assets. But a lack of standardized data on energy performance certificates makes it difficult to justify lending to some homeowners.

Marianne Gros, August 17, 2022
ESG

Can private wealth close the biodiversity funding gap?

Wealth managers are keen to engage with clients on biodiversity, but concerns over liquidity and access pose challenges to retail and private clients.

Marianne Gros, July 14, 2022