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Decarbonising Investment Portfolios on the Journey to Net Zero

3BL Media

times higher than the UK's own greenhouse gas emissions (excluding aviation and shipping). Financial organisations thus have a major role to play in the decarbonisation of the global economy, yet it is estimated that since the Paris Agreement in 2015, the 60 largest banks have instead invested $5.5 trillion USD in fossil fuels.

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Take Five: From America to the World

Chris Hall

In related news, NatWest Group issued this week the first bond by a UK bank dedicated to financing and re-financing electric vehicles (EV), raising net proceeds of €750 million (US$811.4 The EV Green Bond originated from the group’s asset finance arm – Lombard.