Corporate Knights

APRIL 21, 2025

From the ranking leader Hydro-Qubecs $155-billion green-energy expansion plan, to 12th-place Bpifrance banks financing solar and wind power loans, the inaugural list shows how investments in renewable energy pay off. Bpifrance Bpifrance is a French public-sector bank that bills itself as a one stop shop for entrepreneurs.

Net Zero 180

Net Zero Banking Green Bonds Waste 180

GreenBiz

APRIL 19, 2021

From 1992 to 2007, I worked at the footwear and apparel company Timberland, which prided itself on being a force for social and environmental good. At the same time, what is billed as an ESG investment is exaggerated. Two-thirds of what is dubbed sustainable investment comprises negative-screen funds.

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Negative Screening Academics Sustainable Investment Climate Change 415

3BL Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

As the CSO for one of the world's top banks, Eric leads a dedicated Corporate Sustainability Office and focuses on achieving the Bank’s sustainability objectives of helping businesses to advance responsibly, steering consumer wealth to sustainable investments, and fostering social inclusiveness and environmental well-being.

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Chief Sustainability Officer Development Sustainable Investment Banking 130

Edouard Stenger

MAY 24, 2017

Part of this revolution is the meteoritic growth of green bonds, which were started in 2007 by the World Bank and the European Investment Bank. Green bonds can be issued by multilateral development banks (MDB) which issued the first ones. Of course, not all green bonds are necessarily green, or sustainable.

Green Bonds 52

Green Bonds Climate Change Banking Divestment 52

Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

As well, her work at the University of Saskatchewan reduced the school’s overall greenhouse gas emissions by 20% from 2007 levels, and she has helped 12 Canadian mosques implement sustainability initiatives via the Greening Canadian Mosques program. He also advises public banks on greening their investments.

Climate Change 307

Climate Change Net Zero Development Waste 307

Chris Hall

APRIL 19, 2023

The New York Times reported last year the ISA had been sharing key information on some of the most valuable seabed tracts since 2007 with TMC, giving the company a “major edge” in their DSM ambitions. In 2022, WWF commissioned an independent analysis of the critical minerals needed to support the climate transition. “The

UNEP 98

UNEP Banking Supply Chains Supply Chain 98

Corporate Knights

APRIL 17, 2023

Launched in 2007, it required the in-depth collaboration of 11 countries across a territory twice the size of Western Europe. In Ethiopia, a report from the World Bank–affiliated Independent Evaluation Group found that Ethiopia’s Green Legacy Initiative, its offshoot of the Wall, had regenerated 45 watersheds.

Climate Change 265

Climate Change Banking Regenerative Greenwashing 265