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Which banks are financing the clean energy transition?

Corporate Knights

The 2022 Sustainable Banking Revenues Ranking shows global bankers are off to a slow start, but over time it will help guide consistency of reporting and provide an ongoing window into bankers’ progress in meeting the world’s Paris Agreement commitments. . billion, followed by New York City–based Citi at US $2.18 8 DBS Bank Ltd.

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Taking stock of Chase, HSBC, and Morgan Stanley's recent climate commitments

GreenBiz

After all, through their product offerings, lending activities and client engagement, financial institutions can play a key role in influencing the transformation necessary for a net-zero emissions economy. What we have given the market is an ambition that our total financing by 2050 will be net zero. Pull Quote.

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SBTi Net Zero Standard to Boost Banks’ Transition

Chris Hall

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.

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Baker Hughes at COP29: Special Edition

3BL Media

COP, which stands for Conference of Parties, is the series of formal meetings, where governments assess global efforts to advance the Paris Agreement and the Convention. Financing for Net-Zero (or How to Fund the Trilemma?) The bill for achieving net zero will total into the trillions of dollars.

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PepsiCo CSO on embedding sustainability into 'day-to-day business'

GreenBiz

The number of companies proclaiming their intent to go net-zero by 2050 has expanded exponentially in the past 12 months, but the ones short-cutting that commitment by a decade are a rarer breed. It’s about how you educate them, because it's right there, it's going to be in the booking tool. How do we end up at net-zero?

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The Climate Blockers: BASF quietly lobbies against strong climate policy while talking a big game

Corporate Knights

BASF resists the characterization, pointing to its track record – since 1990, the company has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 50% – and its objective to achieve net-zero by 2050 (five years later than the German national target of 2045).

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First stop: Climate commitments. Next stop: Climate action?

GreenBiz

From an emissions standpoint, Climate Week 2020 may go in the books as the greenest of all time. . bank to commit to net-zero emissions generated from its financing activities by 2050. . Signatories agree to implement decarbonization strategies in line with the Paris Agreement. Sessions and panels were virtual.