Finance reads the numbers - not the tea leaves - on the energy transition

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No matter what appears to be happening in the US, financial sector leaders need to stand firm against the ESG 'backlash' - or face getting left behind in the transition to net zero, writes Andrea Webster from the World Benchmarking Alliance

We are living through tumultuous times on sustainability. The six big US banks dropping out of the United Nations-backed Net Zero Banking Alliance feels like a drop in the ocean compared to Trump's slash...

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