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Which banks are financing the clean energy transition?

Corporate Knights

The real question is, are the world’s banks ready to fund the development of renewable technologies at scale, and updating all the infrastructure in between? And which banks will take the lead? . Corporate Knights researchers ranked 60 banks for which they found quantifiable sustainable-revenue data from an initial pool of 91 banks.

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Green financing surges to more than $1.1 trillion at top banks

Corporate Knights

Talk of where banks do and don’t put their money doesn’t usually make the red carpet. In the fight against climate change, banks can be seen as villains – but also, depending on where they invest their money, heroes. This year, the study wrested sustainability-based data out of 87 banks participating in the U.N.-organized

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Cooking the books: The magical math of ‘climate-friendly’ meat

Corporate Knights

And Tyson isn’t the only one banking on planet-friendly meat to keep consumers coming back to the butcher. Rhetoric and marketing play a major role in the rebranding of meat as climate-friendly, explains Jason Hannan, editor of the book Meatsplaining: The Animal Agriculture Industry and the Rhetoric of Denial. Walmart Canada stocks 2.5

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The GreenFin Interview: ING America’s CEO on where climate leadership meets the loan book

GreenBiz

How one European bank is bringing clients along on its ESG journey.

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2025 Global 100 list: World's most sustainable companies are still betting on a greener world

Corporate Knights

Computers & peripherals mfg $366,926 12% 728:1 50% 76% 0% C 1.5C, SBTi 80 52 Investec Ltd Sandton, South Africa Banks $2,308,452 6% 48:1 58% 4% N.A. C NZIA, NZAO 82 Bank of Montreal Montreal, Canada Banks $1,670,219 8% 61:1 46% 7% N.A. Banks $2,854,401 8% 46:1 50% 4% N.A. Banks $303,387 9% 152:1 33% 3% N.A.

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Mark Carney’s net-zero banking alliance backtracks on compulsory climate targets

Corporate Knights

Just a year ago, Mark Carney inspired optimism among climate finance campaigners by founding a new alliance of banks and other financial institutions that pledged to decarbonize their portfolios. Banks and investors cannot wish away the terrifying math of the global 1.5°C Photo by Bank of England/Flickr. Six large U.S.

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Iberdrola’s First EuGB-aligned Green Bond Draws its Largest Order Book in 4 Years

ESG Today

Iberdrola noted particularly strong demand for the green bond, which was 5x oversubscribed, drawing an order book of more than 3.7 billion euros the companys largest book for a senior transaction since 2021 and with more than 170 investors participating in the transaction. billion of green bonds, 15.6