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Food and drink giants urge UK government to strengthen deforestation laws
Food and drink giants urge UK government to strengthen deforestation laws

Firms including Tesco, Nestle and Waitrose want UK government proposals expanded to encompass all deforestation, not just that defined as illegal

  • Policy
  • 05 October 2020
Developing country climate plans deserve our respect
Developing country climate plans deserve our respect

A number of developing countries are coming forward with ambitious decarbonisation plans, but as Ed King explains, their significance is often too easily ignored

  • Climate change
  • 10 August 2020
Unilever steps up water conservation efforts
Unilever steps up water conservation efforts

Consumer goods giant unveils latest commitments from its recently announced €1bn 'nature and climate fund'

  • Efficiency
  • 30 July 2020
Huge finance gap leaving millions without access to electricity and clean cooking, report warns
Huge finance gap leaving millions without access to electricity and clean cooking, report warns

Research by Sustainable Energy for All initiative finds just a quarter of the required investment for universal electricity access is being delivered

  • Energy
  • 23 October 2019
John McDonnell: Global institutions must throw 'entire weight' behind climate action
John McDonnell: Global institutions must throw 'entire weight' behind climate action

Shadow Chancellor will today call for the radical reform of global institutions, such as the World Bank and IMF, to better address the climate crisis

  • Policy
  • 13 July 2019
Levi Strauss inks World Bank agreement to cut supply chain emissions
Levi Strauss inks World Bank agreement to cut supply chain emissions

Jeans giant teams up with World Bank's IFC to cut greenhouse gas emissions at suppliers and mills in 10 countries

  • Supply chain
  • 01 July 2019
World Bank debuts €1.5bn SDG bond
World Bank debuts €1.5bn SDG bond

Bank prices 10-year Global Sustainable Development Bond, confirming latest green bond issue was oversubscribed with around €2bn of orders

  • Investment
  • 17 May 2019
Helsinki Principles: Finance ministers band together to promise climate action boost
Helsinki Principles: Finance ministers band together to promise climate action boost

Finance ministers from 23 countries pledge to align fiscal policy with Paris Agreement targets

  • Politics
  • 16 April 2019
Chancellor to urge world leaders to put climate at forefront of economic plans
Chancellor to urge world leaders to put climate at forefront of economic plans

Philip Hammond Chancellor will use key World Bank and IMF meetings in US over coming days to push for climate action, Treasury signals

  • Policy
  • 12 April 2019
World Bank President Jim Yong Kim to step down amid Trump climate clash
World Bank President Jim Yong Kim to step down amid Trump climate clash

Resignation - which comes three years early - leaves US President Trump with opportunity to nominate a successor less enthusiastic about tackling climate change

  • Investment
  • 08 January 2019
'Mother of all sustainability challenges': Report urges global diet and farming overhaul
'Mother of all sustainability challenges': Report urges global diet and farming overhaul

Scale of challenge to feed growing population while cutting emissions is greater than previously thought, finds WRI report

  • Supply chain
  • 05 December 2018
COP24: World Bank pledges $200bn in extra climate action funding
COP24: World Bank pledges $200bn in extra climate action funding

Pledge represents a doubling of its current five-year investment plans for low-carbon projects

  • Investment
  • 03 December 2018
'We are losing time': OECD and World Bank call for 'radical' climate finance push
'We are losing time': OECD and World Bank call for 'radical' climate finance push

OECD, World Bank Group, and UN Environment sound clarion call for 'transformative' shift in investment towards low carbon, climate resilient infrastructure

  • Investment
  • 03 December 2018
SDG 1: The inside story of the World Bank's first IDA bond
SDG 1: The inside story of the World Bank's first IDA bond

The World Bank's International Development Association issued its first bond in April 2018 - and investors jumped at the chance to support its poverty-fighting programme

  • Investment
  • 29 November 2018
World Bank dumps Kosovo plant, ending support for coal worldwide
World Bank dumps Kosovo plant, ending support for coal worldwide

The Kosova e Re lignite plant could not compete with renewables on price, said bank president Jim Yong Kim

  • Investment
  • 11 October 2018
'Game-changer': World Bank unveils multi-billion dollar battery storage investment drive
'Game-changer': World Bank unveils multi-billion dollar battery storage investment drive

Climate finance boost for developing nations also sees BlackRock partner with France, Germany, and philanthropic foundations to scale up renewables

  • Investment
  • 27 September 2018
World Bank to launch first sustainable water bond
World Bank to launch first sustainable water bond

First in a new series of Sustainable Development Goal bonds issued by the World Bank will aim to fund projects that promote clean water and healthy oceans

  • Investment
  • 03 September 2018
Caribbean nations and businesses launch $1bn low carbon development drive
Caribbean nations and businesses launch $1bn low carbon development drive

Backed by Usain Bolt and Sir Richard Branson, the partnership promises a raft of projects to boost climate resilience and smart technologies across the region

  • Investment
  • 13 August 2018
Carbon markets back from the brink of collapse, says World Bank
Carbon markets back from the brink of collapse, says World Bank

Development of major new markets in China and reforms in Europe have provided a crucial boost as countries look at tools to cut carbon and meet their Paris climate targets

  • Carbon Trading
  • 23 May 2018
Signaling more independence from the US, the World Bank phases out its support for fossil fuels
Signaling more independence from the US, the World Bank phases out its support for fossil fuels

Jason Kirk from Elon University welcomes the World Bank's fossil fuel pledge, but points out its caveats

  • Investment
  • 18 January 2018
World Bank confirms it 'will no longer finance upstream oil and gas, after 2019'
World Bank confirms it 'will no longer finance upstream oil and gas, after 2019'

Global body sets out new plan to drastically reduce its future investment in fossil fuel projects

  • Investment
  • 12 December 2017
Huge private sector investment puts Paris climate target in reach, says report
Huge private sector investment puts Paris climate target in reach, says report

Global investment could hold the key to fighting climate change, with $1tr already invested in solutions such as renewables and energy efficiency, says International Finance Corporation

  • Investment
  • 02 November 2017
Reports: World Bank warns of environmental risk from clean energy transition
Reports: World Bank warns of environmental risk from clean energy transition

Metals and earth elements mined for building batteries and solar panels are 'material-intensive' and could pose environmental challenges, World Bank warns

  • Energy
  • 19 July 2017
World Bank debuts first bonds linked to Sustainable Development Goals
World Bank debuts first bonds linked to Sustainable Development Goals

Equity-index linked bonds raised a total of €163 million from institutional investors looking to back firms that advance Sustainable Development Goals

  • Investment
  • 10 March 2017
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