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Insights from green banking: What keeps customers from switching banks?

GreenBiz

Insights from green banking: What keeps customers from switching banks? ESG may be all the rage, but what about retail banking? The deposits you make at your retail bank for personal and business accounts sustain the bank’s ability to make loans and investments. Diane Osgood. Wed, 02/17/2021 - 00:05. is 16 years.

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Solar banks and efficiency upgrades promise to address energy inequality

Renew Economy

Federal and New South Wales governments tip $206m into energy upgrades for social housing, and launch Solar Banks scheme for homes unable to access solar. The post Solar banks and efficiency upgrades promise to address energy inequality appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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One of Australia’s oldest coal generators refused bank guarantees, operating status under threat

Renew Economy

One of Australia's oldest operating coal generators has been refused bank guarantees and is seeking a crucial rule change or exemption to allow it to continue operating. The post One of Australia’s oldest coal generators refused bank guarantees, operating status under threat appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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'Climate-safe banking': New guide targets indirectly financed emissions from cash holdings

GreenBiz

New Greening Cash Action report details how firms hold 'major lever' that could ensure banks use companies' cash to support wider climate goals and accelerate the green finance transition.

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JPMorgan Chase wants to be the commercial bank for ‘green economy’ companies

GreenBiz

JPMorgan Chase wants to be the commercial bank for ‘green economy’ companies. Part of the commercial banking division, the group will include dedicated bankers led by Brian Lehman, who most recently led the JPMorgan Chase diversified financials team. Heather Clancy. Mon, 04/12/2021 - 00:05. The largest U.S. Finance & Investing.

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Inside the art and science of banks’ ‘financed emissions’

GreenBiz

What does it take to determine how much a bank's lending and investments contribute to the climate crisis?

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Banks spending trillions to finance causes of climate crisis in Global South: report

Corporate Knights

Banks are shelling out more than US$500 billion a year to finance the largest contributors to climate change in the Global South, a region that is especially vulnerable to the roiling weather disasters gripping the planet. It found that banks have provided an estimated $3.2

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