Sir Christopher Hohn urges shareholders to vote against climate-laggard bank directors

Michael Holder
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Banks and businesses are under increasing pressure to measure and disclose the risks they face from climate change | Credit: iStock
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Banks and businesses are under increasing pressure to measure and disclose the risks they face from climate change | Credit: iStock

Billionaire hedge fund manager says banks committed to net zero while lobbying against climate regulations are guilty of ‘greenwashing’

Billionaire hedge fund manager Sir Christopher Hohn has called on shareholders to vote against directors of banks which fail to adequately measure and report on their exposure to climate risk, after new...

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