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From the Fifth Third 2021 TCFD Report: Letter from the Chairman & CEO

3BL Media

We have published sustainability reports for nearly two decades, first as community investment reports, then corporate social responsibility reports and now Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Reports. financial institution with under $250 billion in assets to issue an ESG bond of any type.

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Strengthening the ‘Environment’ Component of ESG: How Financial Institutions Can Bring Green Financing into the Mainstream in India

James Militzer

The growing focus on ESG frameworks is being driven by a conscious and aware investor community, and by increasing global pressure from legislators, advocates and the general public to leverage business for social good. Green Financial Instruments: Contrasting India to the Global Market. In the third quarter of 2020 a record $76.5

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

GreenBiz

We've rolled out, as part of the climate goal, a really well-done employee training program specific to our employees to help them understand the role of us as a company, and then the role of them as individuals. What can they do to mitigate climate change? A little over a year ago we issued our first green bond.

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“A Solid Foundation for ESG Integration” NBK’s 2022 Sustainability Report

3BL Media

Committed to developing economic, environmental, and social risk resilience. Received solid first-time score of ‘C’ from CDP, for both the Climate Change and Forest categories. Zero incidents of Corruption, Fraud, Money Laundering and Bribery. Key Highlights in 2022: 75.1% Nationalization rate.

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Asia Wakes Up to Blue Finance Regulation

Chris Hall

trillion in Asia-Pacific alone; regulatory uncertainty around a concept barely a decade old and the difficulty of valuing a communal fluid asset has opened a trench in financing between sustainable green bonds and their blue peers. The cumulative value of green bonds issued reached US$2.2

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25 badass women shaping climate action in 2021

GreenBiz

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern wasted little time raising the stakes in her nation’s fight against climate change after handily winning re-election in October. Drawing on that mandate, Ardern declared a "climate emergency" and set the wheels in motion for New Zealand’s public sector to become carbon neutral by 2025.