Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

The market in 2023 was only a fraction of this total at US$723 million, according to Ecosystem Marketplace. “We At least one major international bank, HSBC, is voting with its feet. Only days before COP29 approved the carbon agreement, the bank shut down plans to launch a major carbon trading desk, according to Bloomberg.

Carbon Offsets

Corporate Knights

MAY 13, 2025

The project received funding from Natural Resources Canada and short- and long-term loans totalling $535 million from the Canada Infrastructure Bank. It cost about $700 million to complete, less than the $800-million forecast in 2023.

Net Zero

Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

For example, the Global Finance Group at the ECI, Green Finance Institute and Impax Asset Management published a report in July 2023 on adaptation as an investable asset class. In a recently released climate-focused update , Convergence reported just 32 adaptation blended finance transactions between 2021 and 2023, with a total value of US$3.5

Banking

ESG Today

JANUARY 15, 2025

Barclays Group Head of Sustainability Laura Barlow has stepped down from her position at the UK-based bank, ESG Today has confirmed. A spokesperson from Barclays said that Barlow will continue to work for the bank as an advisor. Most recently, several U.S. Barclays has also been the subject of anti-ESG scrutiny in the U.S.,

Banking

ESG Today

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Copper Mine Operations to Renewable Diesel Southwest Airlines Eliminates 1.5

Greenwashing

ESG Today

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

The new standard is being developed with the support of The World Bank, which called on IPSASB in 2022 to lead a process aimed at gaining support for the development of public sector-specific sustainability reporting guidance.

Climate Change

3BL Media

MARCH 4, 2025

Bank company blog In 2013, to avoid monitoring by his manager, a truck driver at a New Jersey engineering firm purchased an illegal $50 GPS jammer that plugged into his vehicles cigarette lighter. Bank Business Access Advisor , and fellow Inland Empire native, Heli Castaneda. Originally published on U.S. Over the past two years, U.S.

Banking

ESG Today

DECEMBER 3, 2024

billion to accelerate the production of renewable hydrogen through the European Hydrogen Bank. In 2023, EU lawmakers agreed to increase the EU ETS’ scope , raising the direct emissions reductions required by covered sectors, and expanding the system to new sectors.

Net Zero

ESG Today

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Adopted by the EU in November 2023 , and taking effect in December 2024, the EuGB regulation was launched by the European Commission to establish a gold standard for green bonds, in order to combat greenwashing and advance the sustainable finance market in the EU.

Green Bonds

ESG Today

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The commitments follow the publication in September 2023 by the TNFD of its final recommendations for nature-related risk management and disclosure, following a a two-year process, beginning with the formation of the TNFD in June 2021 , building on the success of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).

CDP

ESG Today

JULY 31, 2025

Barclays set a goal in late 2022 to facilitate $1 trillion of sustainable and transition financing between 2023 by the end of 2030. billion in sustainable and transition financing since 2023 towards its $1 trillion target. In its update, Barclays reported that it has reached cumulative volumes of $220.2

Banking

ESG Today

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Following the release of the standards in 2023, IOSCO called on regulators to incorporate the standards into their sustainability reporting regulatory frameworks.

Supply Chains

Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

In its 2023 annual report , WPP said that its purpose was to use the power of creativity to build better futures for our people, planet, clients and communities. The company also stated that taking on client work designed to frustrate the objectives of the Paris [climate] Agreement went against its internal policy.

Climate Change

ESG Today

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

More than three quarters of Paris-based global bank BNP Paribas financing of energy production in 2024 was directed to low carbon energies, according to figures released with the banks annual results. In 2024, BNP Paribas credit exposure reached nearly 37 billion, up from 32 billion in 2023, and approaching its 40 billion by 2030 goal.

Banking

ESG Today

JUNE 24, 2025

Virgin companies span a wide range of sectors and include airline Virgin Atlantic, music and entertainment companies Virgin Music, Virgin BET and Virgin Records, fitness brand Virgin active, banking business Virgin Money, technology and communication companies Virgin Mobile and Virgin Media, among others. C temperature rise threshold.

Net Zero

ESG Today

JANUARY 14, 2025

Global alternative investment manager Apollo and UK-based international banking group Standard Chartered announced today the launch of a new strategic partnership focused on accelerating financing for infrastructure, clean transition and renewable energy globally.

Banking

ESG Today

JANUARY 28, 2025

Founded in the Netherlands in 2023, Colesco provides senior secured debt and subordinated debt to European mid-market companies seeking to achieve sustainable growth ambitions. Stefaan Decraene, Chair of Rabobanks Managing Board said: This investment is a testament to the confidence we have in Colesco.

Sustainable Investment

3BL Media

JANUARY 13, 2025

From June 2023 to May 2024, FedEx delivered 76 shipments of essential supplies to shelters, health centers, schools, food banks and other organizations in eight provinces across the country. Impact of FedEx Support Thanks to FedEx Canadas involvement, GlobalMedic has been able to expand its reach and provide aid across Canada.

Logistics

ESG Today

JANUARY 21, 2025

The initial set of ESRS standards setting out sector-agnostic sustainability reporting requirements was adopted in July 2023, while the CSRD requires the adoption of sector-specific ESRS in 2026.

Banking

Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

And, as said by Frank Elderson of the European Central Bank at the recent IUCN Leaders Forum in Geneva, if we destroy nature, we destroy the economy. Launched in 2023, the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund (GBFF) aims to scale financing through private, philanthropic and government investments.

Banking

Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

By 2050, up to 86 million Africans could become internal climate migrants due to deteriorating living conditions, according to the World Bank. According to a 2023 World Economic Forum report , 65% of African youth are interested in sustainable business practices.

Development

ESG Today

JUNE 25, 2025

JPMorganChase and 1PointFive, the Direct Air Capture (DAC)-focused subsidiary of energy giant Occidental (Oxy) announced a new agreement, with the bank purchasing 50,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) credits over 10 years from a new DAC plant in Texas.

Net Zero

3BL Media

APRIL 13, 2025

Further Alignment with IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards with Enhanced Double Materiality Assessment In June 2023, the ISSB issued its inaugural International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) S1 and S2, which many jurisdictions, including Singapore, have adopted using a phased approach.

Embodied Carbon

ESG Today

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Published in June 2023 , the ISSB standards include general sustainability (IFRS S1) and climate (IFRS S2) reporting standards. In the new roadmap the government confirmed that the new reporting requirements will be fully aligned with the ISSB standards.

Banking

ESG Today

MAY 9, 2025

Adopted by the EU in November 2023 , and taking effect in December 2024, the EuGB regulation was launched by the European Commission to establish a gold standard for green bonds, in order to combat greenwashing and advance the sustainable finance market in the EU. billion of green bonds, 15.6

Green Bonds

Corporate Knights

JANUARY 16, 2025

Companies with no women on their boards in 2011, on the other hand, saw return on equity and earnings per share fall by one per cent and eight per cent, respectively, over the same period.

Academics

ESG Today

JANUARY 17, 2025

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Paris-based financial services group Societe Generale announced the launch of a new clean energy financing initiative, aimed at unlocking as 8 billion in investments to support manufacturers across the wind energy supply chain in Europe.

Supply Chain

ESG Today

JUNE 17, 2025

The development of the Taxonomy forms a key part of the Government of Australia’s Treasury department’s Sustainable Finance Roadmap, launched in 2023 , designed to enable financial markets to support the mobilization of private capital needed to finance the transition to a net zero economy.

Decarbonize

Chris Hall

MARCH 12, 2025

in 2024, up from just under 2% in 2023, and is predicted to grow by 5% per year between 2025 and 2027. The biggest hurdle to realising Africas renewable energy potential is infrastructure,” Jon-Pierre Fourie, Senior Director of Strategy and Investors Relations at infrastructure bank Africa50, tells ESG Investor.

Banking

Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

He is currently a senior advisor to the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures, having also served as a member of the EU’s High Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance and the People’s Bank of China’s Green Finance Taskforce.

Analytics

Stanford Social Innovation

MARCH 24, 2025

By George Tsiatis In 2023, Resolution Project and Enactus began exploring the prospect of merging our organizations. Substantial resources are often required: as George and Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman note , for example, the Guidestar merger with Foundation Center cost $45 million.

Development

3BL Media

MAY 21, 2025

And she recently launched the first Regions Military Support Community in the Shreveport area, which brings together bank associates with a desire to assist military personnel at Barksdale and their families. I was excited about getting her involved in our local community and with bank activities.

Banking

ESG Today

JUNE 12, 2025

The IFRS released the inaugural general sustainability (IFRS S1) and climate (IFRS S2) reporting standards in June 2023. A year ago, we committed to publishing detailed jurisdictional profiles describing adoption of our Standards to complement our Inaugural Jurisdictional Guide.

COP26

ESG Today

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

The Platform on Sustainable Finance was mandated by the EU Commission in 2023 to enhance the effectiveness of the Taxonomy, by simplifying reporting, improving data access, and ensuring coherence within the wider sustainable finance and regulatory framework.

Climate Change

ESG Today

APRIL 30, 2025

Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) announced that it has decided to drop its target to mobilize $500 billion in sustainable finance, and has held off on providing some climate finance-related disclosures, following changes to greenwashing regulations in Canada. RBC set a goal in 2021 to mobilize $500 billion in sustainable finance by 2025.

Greenwashing

ESG Today

JULY 10, 2025

The new agreement follows the launch by the companies of a partnership in 2023, aimed at investing up to €15 billion in offshore wind and green hydrogen projects in Germany, UK and the U.S. billion with 24 international banks, marking one of the largest ever such transactions, and covering a substantial part of the total costs of the project.

Banking

ESG Today

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Recent years have seen one of the most challenging fundraising cycles for private equity this century, with capital raised in 2023 the lowest in the past six years. International Development Finance Corporation.

Value Creation