'We're going to be all in': Bank of America executive calls for stronger net zero push in response to geopolitical instability

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Julian Mylchreest, executive vice chairman of global corporate and investment banking at Bank of America, speaks at the Net Zero Finance event
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Julian Mylchreest, executive vice chairman of global corporate and investment banking at Bank of America, speaks at the Net Zero Finance event

Julian Mylchreest tells Net Zero Finance Summit that fossil gas still has a role in supporting energy security in wake of Russia’s war in Ukraine, however

Recent geopolitical events and soaring energy and commodity prices should be a clarion call for all players in the financial sector to accelerate the pace of the net zero transition, according to leading...

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