GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Recent months have seen major moves on climate action by some of the world’s largest private banks, including JPMorgan Chase, HSBC and Morgan Stanley. Looking across their investments in different sectors and regions, more banks are considering how to reduce the carbon intensity of entire portfolios over time.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Biden already has rejoined the Paris Agreement, committed to advocating for environmental justice and rolled out a government-wide focus on racial justice. They also have been long-term investors in community banks and credit unions that are addressing economic and racial inequality in urban, rural and Indigenous communities.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 7, 2020

HSBC is targeting net-zero in operations and supply chain by 2030; it also seeks to align its portfolio of investments with the Paris Agreement goal to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. These nature-based solutions are going to become increasingly important," said Hamish Kelly, managing director of global banking, Australia at HSBC.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

This article is sponsored by Trucost, part of S&P Global. The sustainability manager saw this as an excellent starting point to set science-based targets for a reduction in emissions, with the targets reflecting the Paris Agreement and carbon reduction plans for countries in which the company did business. Sponsored Article.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 30, 2020

She chats about JPMorgan Chase's new financing commitment aligned with the Paris Agreement, how it's helping clients with their carbon mitigation journeys, and its strategy for supporting stronger community resilience. . Subject matter experts from Kwik Lok, Walmart and Second Harvest Food Bank join us at 1 p.m.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 10, 2022

At COP26, in November 2021, states agreed on a series of rules to govern market-based activities under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. Article 6 sets out co-operative approaches that countries can take to reach their climate targets, including through the use of market mechanisms such as carbon markets.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Abdel-Aziz is currently the co-chair of Sharm El Sheikh Mitigation Ambition and Implementation Work Program under the Paris Agreement. Dr. Abdel-Aziz is a member of the Methodologies Panel of the CDM Executive Board since 2005 and a member of the Methodologies Expert Panel of Article 6.4.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 25, 2020

Since then, the asset manager backed two proposals at the annual general meetings of both Chevron and Exxon, related to the manner these companies conduct themselves in relation to Paris Agreement targets. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Amid myriad social, health and political crises, business sustainability is alive and well and living the Paris Agreement. BNP Paribas is enlisting Christina Cho , in her 13th year at the bank, as co-head with Anne van Riel of Sustainable Finance Capital Markets Americas. Sponsored Article. Who's news. Leadership.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

This could be especially impactful when combined with the US$1 trillion of private finance expected to be unlocked by country and multilateral development bank (MDB) financing, and the next wave of country-level NDCs in the run up to COP30 in Brazil next year. Taylor: The approval of the implementation of the Article 6.4

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

bank to commit to net-zero emissions generated from its financing activities by 2050. . Signatories agree to implement decarbonization strategies in line with the Paris Agreement. This article is adapted from GreenBiz's newsletter Energy Weekly, running Thursdays. Sponsored Article. Subscribe here. Zero Emissions.

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Corporate Knights

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Unlike the climate crisis that led to the signing of the Paris Agreement , biodiversity loss has received little attention until now. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. However, the risks from biodiversity loss are enormous.

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Corporate Knights

JULY 25, 2023

With the World Bank, the World Trade Organization, and environmental groups all in agreement, he added, “getting rid of inefficient fossil fuel subsidies is now a common sense bottom line.” “The simple reality is that it’s no longer free to pollute in Canada,” Guilbeault told media Monday morning. “We

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Corporate Knights

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The notion of green growth – the idea that environmental goals can be aligned with continued economic growth – is still the common economic orthodoxy for major institutions like the World Bank and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Read the original article.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

On the opening day of the conference, delegates from nearly 200 countries adopted a draft framework to establish an international loss and damage fund, with the World Bank as its temporary host, Bloomberg News reports. Read the original article here. Attending a COP does not tick the climate box for the year.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 14, 2023

CAD Trust tool incorporates leading carbon market standards, aims to support Article 6 despite COP28 setback. It is a decentralised metadata platform that links, aggregates and harmonises all major carbon registry data to enhance transparent accounting in line with Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.

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B the Change

DECEMBER 17, 2022

How Ando Is Greening the Banking Industry — and, Soon, the Insurance Industry B Corp Bank Prioritizes Transparency and Sustainability Over the last several years, a steady stream of studies has exposed the inexorable link between banking and climate change. And the problem doesn’t stop at banking.

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Chris Hall

JULY 15, 2022

Since then, the Paris Agreement and COP26 put forth new demands, resulting in more robust national climate action plans and the recognition that public and private sector initiatives across both developed and developing were required to achieve net zero.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Finalisation of Article 6.2, of the Paris Agreement will realise the potential of carbon markets globally, but progress remains slow. For the latter, the World Bank intends to “unlock the most critical bottlenecks”, including efforts to bring clarity to carbon markets to build trust. Discussions on Articles 6.2

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

In mid-January, PepsiCo joined that club with a strategy to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent across its entire value chain by 2030 and to reach the elusive net-zero emissions status 10 years before it’s called for by the Paris Agreement. Sponsored Article. We will go another five years through 2026.

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Environmental Finance

JUNE 26, 2025

Weve had to strike that balance – as a signatory of the Paris Agreement – versus our national priorities. However, through a just transition, we believe we can meet our climate goals without compromising development priorities.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 18, 2023

Julie Segal, Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics’ Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change & the Environment, outlines the c hallenges and opportunities of the Paris Agreement’s Article 2.1(c). Aligning investments with climate change mitigation and adaptation goals, as required under Article 2.1(c)

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 20, 2022

C in place”, taking action to operationalise the Paris Agreement has never been more urgent. The great reclassification' strikes Article 9 funds as second SFDR phase approaches. Prior to joining Acre, Ian spent seven years delivering on mandates for a selection of the world's leading banks and investment management groups.

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Corporate Knights

AUGUST 16, 2023

billion) per year that will have to come from private investment, according to an Environment Bank white paper. “If Countries would never have signed the Paris Agreement without the belief that cutting emissions could be economically viable. “It This article was first published by Mongabay. A government commitment of 2.4

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Chris Hall

JULY 8, 2022

More than 450 firms representing US$130 trillion in assets under management have joined the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero , a coalition of sector-specific initiatives from banks, asset managers, asset owners, insurers and other financial service providers. Paris Agreement alignment is a holistic process.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The GEMs holds the equivalent of three decades of loan performance and default data from multilateral development banks (MDBs). However, that data is only available to a consortium of 24 MDBs, including the World Bank and the European Investment Bank.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 15, 2023

It also includes failure to reach agreement on Articles 6.2 Cost of climate action – Away from COP28, this week also saw the European Central Bank and the Bank of England keep interest rates at existing levels.

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Chris Hall

JULY 9, 2024

In 2022, banks provided an estimated US$673 billion of that funding. c) of the Paris Agreement and take measures to ensure that financial flows are in line with it, instead of pitted against it,” said Ganswindt. “2024 needs to become the turning point: the year where central banks and regulators finally act on Article 2.1(c)

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3BL Media

JANUARY 11, 2023

The price signal from the biggest market in term of traded value, the European Union, will be muted as lawmakers eye carbon as a piggy bank to fund the bloc’s shift from Russian gas. The World Bank estimates that a carbon price of $50 to $100 per ton of CO2 is required by 2030 to meet the temperature goals of the Paris Agreement.

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Sphera

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

To decarbonize the global economy in alignment with the goals established by the Paris Agreement, all economic actors in the real economy need to reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions sufficiently to align with required emissions pathways. commercial banks) but is also relevant to public financial institutions (e.g.,

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Chris Hall

JULY 1, 2022

Sustainable finance, until recently still a niche activity, is now a mainstream strategic consideration for banks, asset managers and insurers. Usher says asset managers are not alone; many members of the Net Zero Banking Alliance have taken a similar view, choosing to side with management on climate for the time being. of emissions.

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James Militzer

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

For instance, the African Development Bank and Green Climate Fund’s $800 million LEAF program promises to spur local currency investments from local financial institutions to scale up the activities of decentralized renewable energy companies. Again, there are many promising examples of this approach in the off-grid sector.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 26, 2024

Each country will need to submit National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plans (NBSAPs) – akin to nationally determined contributions under the Paris Agreement – and National Biodiversity Finance Plans (NBFPs) before the meetings begin on 21 October. Isciel also co-chairs the FfB’s public policy advocacy working group.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 18, 2022

Smith says there needs more understanding of the progress already made aligning finance with climate risk, which is set out in Article 2.1c of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. “We We want to help decision-makers learn from what’s happened in the climate space, for example around Article 2.1c

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Established under Article 14 of the Paris Agreement , the Global Stocktake is designed “to assess the collective progress towards achieving the purpose of [the Paris] Agreement and its long-term goals. What is the purpose of the Global Stocktake? But the Global Stocktake is meant to go far beyond an assessment.

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B the Change

JULY 7, 2022

and Benefit Business and the Planet This article by Dr. Hao Liang is part of “The Basics” series by the Network for Business Sustainability (NBS) that provides essential knowledge about core business sustainability topics. A version of this article was published by the Network for Business Sustainability. For everyone?

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

With the looming Paris Agreement goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 43% by 2030, nations are adopting different approaches to stimulating their green economy and encouraging sustainable investment. This article was co-authored by Max Griffin , Associate in the Finance practice at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman.

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