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In a reversal of recent trends fossil fuel funding from the world's top 65 banks increased $84.8bn in 2024, according to the annual Banking on Climate Chaos report

Banking giant claims its climate tech venture capital arm has invested over £200m to date worldwide, while unlocking over £300m from co-investors

Analysis by InfluenceMap claims Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds, and NatWest are all continuing to finance fossil fuel projects that could undermine net zero targets

Standard Chartered's chief sustainability officer reflects on her move into sustainability from investment banking, how 'big ideas' are coming from unexpected places, and the co-benefits of electric driving

Edward Twiddy, Atom Bank's co-founder and director of environment, society and government, explains how the Bank is restoring woodland at a 25-acre former coal site to support its ‘carbon positive’ drive

Banking giant cites challenges in tackling supply chain emissions and restrictions on the use of offsets as it defers ambition to reach net zero emissions by 2030

Durham-based digital lender buys former open cast coal mine site in Northumberland in move it claims will offset all of its operational emissions since it was founded in 2014

New ShareAction analysis warns big banks' current climate targets are unlikely to shift enough finance away from fossil fuels

Transition Pathway Initiative Centre warns banks are failing to enact robust met zero strategies that align with climate targets

Dutch banking giant to stop providing finance for new oil and gas field developers and could drop clients that fail to deliver credible net zero plans