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Banking giant to publish new independently-verified climate strategy aligned with the Paris Agreement in 2020

All the need-to-know green business news from around the world this week

Banking plan will kick start Labour's 'Green Industrial Revolution', Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell claims

E3G report analyses the world's six main development banks and finds many of their climate strategies wanting

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

More than half of commitment earmarked to support low carbon transition, with remainder aimed at sustainable agriculture, recycling, conservation and other sustainable businesses

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

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

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

Abundance founder pops in to the BusinessGreen studio to talk about crowdfunding, ISAs, whisky and his new role in the UK's Green Finance Taskforce