GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

From an emissions standpoint, Climate Week 2020 may go in the books as the greenest of all time. . 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. Sessions and panels were virtual.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

The Science Based Targets initiative ’s (SBTi) much-anticipated Financial Institutions Net Zero (FINZ) standard is expected to place banks under more pressure to increase their climate-related transparency and ambition. Process metrics weigh controllable actions that an organisation can undertake achieve an outcome.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 28, 2022

Once approved by the European Commission, banks will have to start making climate disclosures in 2023, with full phase-in by June 2024. The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published its final standards for how European banks will have to disclose their contribution to the region’s climate targets.

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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. We are programming it, as we speak. We will go another five years through 2026.

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Corporate Knights

AUGUST 16, 2023

The book so inspired Burrell and Tree that they went to see Vera and the landscape he stewarded in Oostvaardersplassen, the Netherlands. billion) per year that will have to come from private investment, according to an Environment Bank white paper. “If A government commitment of 2.4 billion pounds ($3.1 billion pounds ($8.8

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 5, 2021

C threshold agreed in the Paris Agreement means we need to drastically cut emissions. Let us take a look back into the year 2008: The financial crisis has just unraveled, and governments invest billions to protect banks and kick-start economic activity. To stay below the 1.5°C Lessons from the 2008 financial crisis.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 30, 2024

Our] book of business does not have much direct exposure to Chinese corporates, but a lot of our corporates potentially have exposure through their Scope 3.” According to climate news website China Dialogue , the CCER scheme is also an important part of China’s national compliance carbon market and its pricing. billion) by 2025.    

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 28, 2021

has in place, and European Central Bank regulations on ESG are in the process of being implemented. . The Biden administration’s decision to rejoin the Paris Agreement cements this view. The ECB will be reviewing banks’ practices next year, with a view to conducting stress tests on climate risk next year. . Eyeing Europe.

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Sustainable Development Network

JANUARY 9, 2020

Finally, we heard from Matthew Phillips who is the team lead for the UNFCCC Global Climate Action Portal , a tool that informs of the progress made since the Paris Agreement and serves as a space for action from the real world economy to work in collaboration with governments in meeting the goals.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 25, 2023

It has publicly endorsed the Paris Agreement on climate change as well as the EU’s target of being net-zero by 2050. A close look at BASF’s books suggests that these two objectives may not be so far apart after all. The implication is clear: BASF will be part of the solution, providing that its bottom line doesn’t suffer.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

THE GREEN BANKER Mitch McEwen 27, Montreal Senior manager, Enterprise Sustainable Finance TD Bank Group Mitch McEwen had always envisioned a career for himself in conventional finance. But studying abroad while the Paris Agreement was being adopted changed everything. I will never stop pushing to make it a reality.”

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Chris Hall

JUNE 1, 2022

A commitment was also made to using the highest tier IPCC good practice inventory methodologies, as well as working to continuously improve the accuracy, transparency, consistency, comparability, and completeness of national GHG inventory reporting under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

Mason, who was raised in Queens, is one of the few senior Black executives in banking, at Citi since 2001 in a slate of leadership roles including CEO of Citi Private Bank. Raised in Pittsburgh and one of the youngest multinational leaders, Narasimhan is fond of sharing books that inspire him on Twitter. billion U.S.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

New Zealand, a nation of about 5 million people, in late January reported progress toward its goal to cut emissions by 30 percent over the next decade compared with 2005 levels — but recognized current measures won’t be enough to meet the Paris Agreement goals. LinkedIn | Twitter.

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Richard Matthews

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The fossil fuel funded Heartland Institute sent every science teacher in the United States a deceitful book called “Why Scientists Disagree About Global Warming” As reported by Bloomberg , they also give teachers carefully crafted lesson plans that promote fossil fuels. The case for divestment is persuasive.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 5, 2024

“Several regions, including Shanghai, Huzhou, Chongqing, Hebel and Tianjin, have introduced transition finance policies or standards,” says Dr Guo Peiyuan, Chairman of SynTao Green Finance – the founding organisation of China’s Sustainable Investment Forum.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 8, 2025

The former president of the European Central Bank believes the success of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) is key, due to the massive near-term investment needs for EU companies imposed by Europes commitment to slashing emissions by at least 55% by 2030. The rule book is being rewritten.

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Sustainable Round Table

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The IRA taxes the wealthiest corporate interests and saves on drug benefit-related waste to be able to fund needed Medicare and ACA health benefits, as well as Paris Agreement-aligned climate action, while still enabling it to reduce the deficit by more than $270 billion. . Since Green Banks have proliferated in the U.S.

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Corporate Knights

APRIL 16, 2025

pulling out of the Paris Agreement, there is a fracturing of trust that is happening, says Fikayo Akeredolu, a Nigerian climate and energy-transition scholar completing a doctorate at the University of Oxford. Half of Chinas solar, wind and EV exports already go to the Global South. With the U.S.

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