GreenBiz

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Australian-based environmental project developer GreenCollar decided to tackle one problem by creating a new type of credit to address an environmental issue very close to its country’s heart: the degradation of the Great Barrier Reef. including financial services giant HSBC, to develop, authorize and sell these new credits. "It

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Federal Reserve Board announced Thursday that it will launch a pilot climate scenario analysis with six large banks, aimed at assessing the resilience of the financial institutions to various climate scenarios, and enhancing the ability of supervisors and firms to measure and manage climate-related financial risks.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Azersun is taking a major step forward in sustainability-driven innovation with the launch of two groundbreaking AI-powered platforms, developed in partnership with FABA International. Abdel-Aziz is currently the co-chair of Sharm El Sheikh Mitigation Ambition and Implementation Work Program under the Paris Agreement.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 18, 2024

In the words of Rob Moore, Associate Director at think tank E3G, the World Bank’s and International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) annual meetings represent the ultimate occasion to “break the impasse on the big gulf” that separates developing countries from providers of climate finance.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Finance director: Developing a business case to increase capital expenditure on carbon-mitigation projects . A large commercial bank wanted to estimate the impact of a carbon tax on the credit risk of companies in their loan book. Each can apply TCFD reporting intelligence to inform better decisions in different ways.

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ESG Today

MARCH 4, 2025

International banking group Standard Charteredannounced the release of its inaugural Transition Plan, outlining its detailed plan to achieve its climate goals, including its target to reach net zero emissions across its financing activities by 2050.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Serving as a negotiator to the series of Climate Change COP events since COP21 (2015), where the Paris Agreement was adopted, Dr Abdel-Aziz provided the Alliance with exclusive insight into landmark developments and prospects this year. I've been participating since COP 21 when the adoption of the Paris Agreement took place.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Lenders are urged to end fossil fuel expansion and convert targets into “meaningful commitments” as US banks fall behind international peers. Action by banks to reach net zero emissions and meet climate goals is “insufficient”, according to two reports which also highlight significant gaps in the policies guiding the sector’s transition.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

A group of French NGOs, including Friends of the Earth (Les Amis de la Terre) France, Notre Affaire à Tous and Oxfam France announced today that they have launched a lawsuit against Paris-based global bank BNP Paribas, targeting the bank’s financing for new oil and gas projects.

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ESG Today

JULY 17, 2024

The bank also announced the appointment of former UK Member of Parliament Danny Alexander as CEO of the new business. In a LinkedIn post following the announcement, Guyett said: “We have a leading presence in the regions where infrastructure needs to be developed and financed to enable a just transition to a low carbon economy.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 30, 2020

She chats about JPMorgan Chase's new financing commitment aligned with the Paris Agreement, how it's helping clients with their carbon mitigation journeys, and its strategy for supporting stronger community resilience. . Subject matter experts from Kwik Lok, Walmart and Second Harvest Food Bank join us at 1 p.m. Stay connected.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

In this Q&A, EY’s Ben Taylor highlights the developments most likely to shape and accelerate the net zero transition, as well as the climate-related investment strategies of asset owners and managers. ESG Investor: In what way did COP29 improve the likelihood of delivery of comprehensive, investible and Paris-compliant NDCs?

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Amid myriad social, health and political crises, business sustainability is alive and well and living the Paris Agreement. Stewart also launched and ran research and development at BSR. The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) welcomes Managing Director for Climate and Energy Claire O’Neill.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 25, 2020

Investors are concerned about the viability of long-term assets in high emissions sectors at risk of being hit by negative policy or market developments. Pressure to make emissions visible has been around for a while: Consumers want to know how much carbon is embodied in the products they buy. Why do this?

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 13, 2022

DESCRIPTION: The 27th United Nations (UN) Conference of the Parties (COP), which took place this November in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, marked a significant milestone in developing action against climate change. Loss and Damage’ Fund Agreement. Mitigation Work Program’ Development. Loss and damage, 22. degrees celsius.

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ESG Today

MARCH 28, 2023

It equips them with a new tool to assess the level of issuers alignment with climate change mitigation, adaptation, and low-carbon transition objectives, which will be fundamental to contributing towards meeting the objectives of the Paris Agreement.”

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ESG Today

AUGUST 5, 2022

International bank and financial services company Standard Chartered announced today that it has appointed Kerry Constabile to lead the company’s net zero and sustainability strategy teams. Constabile joins from Google, where she led the company’s sustainability strategy and company-wide climate plans.

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Corporate Knights

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Liquefied natural gas developers have expansion plans that could release 10 additional metric gigatons of climate pollution by 2030, and major banks and investors are enabling them to the tune of nearly $500 billion. Many large banks have pledged to reach net-zero emissions, yet they are still financing the LNG boom.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 11, 2023

billion in support of India’s low-carbon, climate resilient development at COP28. degree pathway in line with the Paris Agreement. Over the last two years, CFLI India members have partnered in developing concepts to address complex issues across themes such as e-mobility, circular economy for water and renewable energy.

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Chris Hall

JULY 12, 2023

The Sharm El Sheikh Implementation Plan – the final agreed statement published at the end of COP27 – noted that financing the global transition to net zero will require annual investments of between US$4-6 trillion; global investment in energy transition technologies reached US$1.3

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3BL Media

MARCH 3, 2022

The Revolving Credit Facility (RCF) was refinanced by Lloyds Bank to support the luxury fashion brand into accelerating emissions reductions by 46 per cent across its extended supply chain (Scope 3) by 2030. pathway laid out in the Paris Agreement. We can develop these qualities within your existing teams too.

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ESG Today

AUGUST 30, 2022

HSBC and Singapore-based investment company Temasek announced today the launch of Pentagreen Capital, a new debt financing platform focused on accelerating the development of sustainable infrastructure in Asia. Pentagreen’s goal is to help remove those barriers and unlock other sources of capital.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

The Science Based Targets initiative ’s (SBTi) much-anticipated Financial Institutions Net Zero (FINZ) standard is expected to place banks under more pressure to increase their climate-related transparency and ambition. Process metrics weigh controllable actions that an organisation can undertake achieve an outcome.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The new targets form part of the company’s commitment, announced in October 2020 , to align its financing activities with the goals of Paris Agreement, and to help clients navigate the challenges and capitalize on the long-term economic and environmental benefits of transitioning to a low-carbon world. million CO2e.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

In mid-January, PepsiCo joined that club with a strategy to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent across its entire value chain by 2030 and to reach the elusive net-zero emissions status 10 years before it’s called for by the Paris Agreement. New product development is a great example.

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Chris Hall

MAY 4, 2022

UK bank faces investor scrutiny after shareholder rebellion over Credit Suisse climate plans. Barclays is the latest major bank to come under pressure from shareholders in relation to its financing of the fossil fuel sector.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 25, 2024

HSBC announced today the launch of its first Net Zero Transition Plan, outlining the global bank’s strategy to finance and support the transition to net zero, and to meet the climate goals it has set over the past few years.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 18, 2024

In the words of Rob Moore, Associate Director at think tank E3G, the World Bank’s and International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) annual meetings represent the ultimate occasion to “break the impasse on the big gulf” that separates developing countries from providers of climate finance.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 11, 2024

Many nations and organizations pledged funds to support developing countries in their climate adaptation and mitigation efforts. The fund will be hosted in the World Bank and pledges of around $730million has been secured in Dubai. Global Climate Financing: Discussions on climate finance were a central theme at COP28.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

We also agree with its call for reform of the priorities and processes of multilateral development banks to fit the purpose of addressing the climate emergency, align with the global goal of net zero emissions, and better facilitate private climate investment in developing countries by providing de-risking mechanisms.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Banks could face a stormy AGM season, driven by investor concern over their ongoing financial support for oil and gas firms, which are already braced for a slew of shareholder proposals demanding greater transparency over their net zero transition plans. Among the banks targeted are JP Morgan, Bank of America and Citi.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 15, 2024

Alliance extends net zero targets to capital markets activities, as frameworks provide more tailored approach for banks’ transition strategies. The second of the four guidelines requires banks to establish an emissions baseline and annually measure and report the emissions profile of loans and investments. billion from Barclays.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The vital role that sustainable battery value chains play in meeting the Paris Agreement targets linked to the electrification of transport and power sectors was highlighted during multiple high-level conversations at COP27. The appointment is effective from April 2023 and the term will run until December 2024.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Market Platforms Regulators require exchanges, marketplaces, banks, and brokers to monitor an array of risks because the default of one or a group of participants could rapidly result in contagion across the financial markets. In addition, clients can collaborate through Verafin’s Information Sharing platform to fight crime.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Research shows that directing finance towards nature-related themes and nature-based solutions could provide around a third of the climate mitigation needed to reach the goals set out in the Paris Agreement. This is a collaboration between three Brazilian banks, Bradesco, Itaú Unibanco, and Santander Brasil.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 14, 2023

It is a decentralised metadata platform that links, aggregates and harmonises all major carbon registry data to enhance transparent accounting in line with Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. As well as adding the four datasets to its tool, the initiative recently incorporated the national registry of Bhutan.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 19, 2022

PNC Bank client, NETSTREIT, specializes in acquiring single-tenant net lease retail properties and recently made the decision to double down on its sustainability commitments by setting aggressive goals that go further than any of its current competitors. Developing the Metrics for Success. Power of Relationship Banking.

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