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GreenBiz
MARCH 26, 2021
Despite net-zero pledges, banks used $750 billion to finance fossil fuels in 2020. Net-zero commitments may have ricocheted across banking sector over the last 18 months, but big banks' attestations of climate concern did not stop many from expanding financing for the world's top fossil fuel firms during the pandemic year.
Corporate Knights
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
They also beat the global benchmark MSCI ACWI by 30% from July 1, 2016, to January 29, 2025. Clean200 data show that for the large companies that make up 80% of global market capitalization, sustainable revenues and capital expenditures are growing more than twice as fast as all other revenues over the past five years.
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GreenBiz
JANUARY 25, 2021
2020 was, along with 2016, the joint hottest year on record ever — closing out the warmest decade on record ever. Global average temperatures are now about 1.2 This effort has the potential to tackle 30 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. The state of the planet. degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
Chris Hall
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
He was CEO of climate analytics company Trucost from 2001 until it was acquired by S&P Global in 2016. And Mattison’s deep expertise is sought-after by sustainability-focused initiatives and institutions globally. This means having the right data, solutions and actionable insights to rely on.”
James Militzer
OCTOBER 9, 2023
In recent years, the proliferation of mobile devices, along with the continent’s poor banking infrastructure, have made Africa fertile ground for explosive growth in mobile money use. According to the GSMA , in 2022, two thirds of the globally processed $1.26 trillion in mobile money transactions occurred in sub–Saharan Africa.
Stanford Social Innovation
FEBRUARY 18, 2025
Research suggests that the growth and success of KTDA over the decades has provided a strong boost to rural economic and social development in Kenya, complementing the role played by more inclusive banks (such as Equity Bank). million dairy farmers who own the business.
James Militzer
APRIL 19, 2023
Today, a massive climate and Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) financing gap still persists — and even after the SDGs and Paris Agreement laid out a critical role for the private sector in 2016, the subsequent years have brought only modest increases in private investment mobilization. trillion — up from $2.5 trillion pre-pandemic.
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