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Poll: UK banking customers demanding greener financial services
Deloitte's Better Banking Survey reveals a public increasingly concerned about the social and environmental credentials of the companies entrusted with their money
'Gold standard': Bankers draft net zero rules for financial services sector
Bankers for Net Zero alliance convened by All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Fair Business Banking unveils framework for sector's role in accelerating UK decarbonisation
HSBC pledges to reach net zero financed emissions by mid-century
But bank's commitment to decarbonising its financing by mid-century, on top of its supply chain and operations by 2030, is slammed by campaigners as "empty" and an "attempt to buy time" due to its failure to commit to divest from coal and oil and gas...
NatWest launches real-time CO2 footprint tracker for banking customers
Partnership with fintech company CoGo will give NatWest customers access to an on-the-go carbon emissions calculator informed by their personal spending
Bulk of UK banks lack convincing climate strategy, Ethical Consumer warns
Conclusion based on research conducted by the magazine, which asked how banks were measuring and evaluating the climate impacts of their investments
Morgan Stanley pledges to measure CO2 impact of loans and investments
Green campaigners hail 'step in the right direction' as first major US bank commits to disclosing its climate impact
JP Morgan Chase climate shareholder resolution narrowly defeated
Resolution's narrow defeat – at 49.6 per cent – sends a clear sign to bank that investors are increasingly displeased with its approach to fossil fuel investment.
'Glacial pace': ShareAction slams European banks over sluggish action on climate crisis
Scorecard published by responsible investment group shows that banking sector is falling well short of best practices for climate risk management and disclosure
'Clear and implementable': Barclays aims to become net zero bank by 2050
British bank promises to align all financing activities with Paris Agreement and target at least £100bn green financing by 2030
RBS to phase out coal funding as it sets sites on becoming 'climate positive' bank
Partly UK state-owned banking group's net zero strategy includes halving climate impact of its lending by 2030, as it unveils plans to rebrand as NatWest Group later this year
BNP Paribas to end all coal investments worldwide by 2040
French banking giant to end coal financing in Europe by 2030 and sets new renewable energy investment target of €18bn by 2021
FTSE 100 firms failing to develop adequate climate strategies, research shows
Around 85 per cent of the top companies in the UK do not yet have adequate climate strategies in place to keep the planet within safe global warming limits, EcoAct report shows
'Everybody wins in the long term': 130 banks worth $47tr to align with Paris Agreement
More than 130 major banks holding assets of $47tr pledge to align strategies with the Paris Agreement and UN Sustainable Development Goals
We need a Green Bank of England
We should empower our central bank to go further in steering capital flows towards the low-carbon economy, argues Positive Money's executive director Fran Boait
Did you hear the one about the Big Banks?
BNP Paribas' Bob Hawley reveals the work BNP Paribas is doing to address SDG1, the target to end poverty
'Game changer': French bank Crédit Agricole to ditch EU coal by 2030
Banking giant to publish new independently-verified climate strategy aligned with the Paris Agreement in 2020
Global briefing: New York Yankees come out to bat for climate change
All the need-to-know green business news from around the world this week
Labour fleshes out banking shake-up plans to drive green growth
Banking plan will kick start Labour's 'Green Industrial Revolution', Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell claims
Are global development banks really aligned with the Paris Agreement?
E3G report analyses the world's six main development banks and finds many of their climate strategies wanting
Barclays moves against mining, oil and gas projects in World Heritage sites
Bank announces new policy as WWF poll shows seven in 10 consumers would consider ditching banks that fund environmentally damaging projects in World Heritage sites
Wells Fargo commits $200bn towards low carbon projects by 2030
More than half of commitment earmarked to support low carbon transition, with remainder aimed at sustainable agriculture, recycling, conservation and other sustainable businesses
Catholic institutions mark Earth Day with fossil fuel divestment pledge
Bishops, Catholic banks worth €7.5bn, humanitarian group Caritas Internationalis and others in the Catholic hierarchy announce plans to drop investments in high carbon energy
Green bonds: Can record issuances have a 'halo effect' on financial markets?
Projections expect global green bond issuances to reach an unprecedented $200bn-250bn this year, and new analysis suggests their impact could influence wider investment decisions
Natwest targets business clients with beefed up energy audit scheme
Independent Energy Saving Audit Scheme sees bank team up with six energy management firms to offer firms advice on how to reduce energy use, emissions and overheads
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