Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 14, 2022

The federal Competition Bureau’s decision to investigate charges of misleading advertising against the Royal Bank of Canada is a sign that federal regulators are paying closer attention to the climate crisis and its causes, says the environmental law charity that filed the case.

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Corporate Knights

MAY 15, 2024

Wading into this hot-button arena is an institution that has generally kept quiet on this front: a new paper by the World Bank lays out a roadmap for how the world can substantially reduce the emissions from food systems partly by redirecting the subsidies given to the meat and dairy industries.

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Corporate Knights

DECEMBER 19, 2022

London-based HSBC Holdings says it will cease financing for the development of new oil and gas fields in order to tackle climate change while carving out its Canadian unit from the policy change. Price says it’s disappointing that Canadian banks have failed to do the same as HSBC with a halt to financing for new oil and gas fields.

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GreenBiz

JULY 27, 2020

bank to commit to measuring and disclosing the climate impact of its loans and investments, announcing last week that it has joined a multi-trillion dollar group of global financial institutions developing a standardized method for carbon accounting. Morgan Stanley has become the first major U.S. trillion in assets.

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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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Corporate Knights

MARCH 28, 2023

At the same time, Canada’s financial system continues to pump billions of dollars into fossil fuel developments. This cannot continue if we are realistically going to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement and keep global warming below 1.5 ° C. A credible climate plan must commit to action that will achieve those targets.

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ESG Today

MAY 7, 2025

The NGFS was established in 2017, with the purpose of helping to strengthen the global response required to meet the goals of the Paris agreement and to enhance the role of the financial system to manage risks and to mobilize capital for green and low-carbon investments in the broader context of environmentally sustainable development.

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Corporate Knights

APRIL 21, 2025

It also says it has installed capacity of around 28 megawatts of wind power and is developing photovoltaic plants with a planned capacity of approximately 58 MW. OeKB focuses on five service areas: export, capital markets, energy markets, development financing and tourism. Canada 47.2% 12 Biffa PLC United Kingdom 56% 63.4%

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Global Renewable News

DECEMBER 21, 2022

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), Hong Kong’s central banking institution released a series of principles for banks on planning for the transition to a net zero economy, including ensuring that setting objectives aligned with a net zero transition, and embedding transition considerations into internal processes.

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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. The Office of Sustainable Finance and Business would develop a national strategy for U.S. leadership in sustainable finance and business. Pull Quote. Contributors.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Australian-based environmental project developer GreenCollar decided to tackle one problem by creating a new type of credit to address an environmental issue very close to its country’s heart: the degradation of the Great Barrier Reef. including financial services giant HSBC, to develop, authorize and sell these new credits. "It

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Federal Reserve Board announced Thursday that it will launch a pilot climate scenario analysis with six large banks, aimed at assessing the resilience of the financial institutions to various climate scenarios, and enhancing the ability of supervisors and firms to measure and manage climate-related financial risks.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Azersun is taking a major step forward in sustainability-driven innovation with the launch of two groundbreaking AI-powered platforms, developed in partnership with FABA International. Abdel-Aziz is currently the co-chair of Sharm El Sheikh Mitigation Ambition and Implementation Work Program under the Paris Agreement.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 18, 2024

In the words of Rob Moore, Associate Director at think tank E3G, the World Bank’s and International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) annual meetings represent the ultimate occasion to “break the impasse on the big gulf” that separates developing countries from providers of climate finance.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Finance director: Developing a business case to increase capital expenditure on carbon-mitigation projects . A large commercial bank wanted to estimate the impact of a carbon tax on the credit risk of companies in their loan book. Each can apply TCFD reporting intelligence to inform better decisions in different ways.

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 26, 2024

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 6, 2022

C does not mean we have breached the iconic threshold of the Paris Agreement, but it does reveal that we are edging ever closer to a situation where 1.5°C Some of Canada’s largest banks, including the Royal Bank of Canada and Toronto-Dominion Bank, more than doubled their financing of the oil sands in 2021 to $16.8

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Serving as a negotiator to the series of Climate Change COP events since COP21 (2015), where the Paris Agreement was adopted, Dr Abdel-Aziz provided the Alliance with exclusive insight into landmark developments and prospects this year. I've been participating since COP 21 when the adoption of the Paris Agreement took place.

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ESG Today

MARCH 4, 2025

International banking group Standard Charteredannounced the release of its inaugural Transition Plan, outlining its detailed plan to achieve its climate goals, including its target to reach net zero emissions across its financing activities by 2050.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Lenders are urged to end fossil fuel expansion and convert targets into “meaningful commitments” as US banks fall behind international peers. Action by banks to reach net zero emissions and meet climate goals is “insufficient”, according to two reports which also highlight significant gaps in the policies guiding the sector’s transition.

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ESG Today

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

A group of French NGOs, including Friends of the Earth (Les Amis de la Terre) France, Notre Affaire à Tous and Oxfam France announced today that they have launched a lawsuit against Paris-based global bank BNP Paribas, targeting the bank’s financing for new oil and gas projects.

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ESG Today

JULY 17, 2024

The bank also announced the appointment of former UK Member of Parliament Danny Alexander as CEO of the new business. In a LinkedIn post following the announcement, Guyett said: “We have a leading presence in the regions where infrastructure needs to be developed and financed to enable a just transition to a low carbon economy.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Around 90% of EU banks are exposed to climate transition risks, recent analysis from the ECB shows. Banks globally are increasingly feeling two-pronged pressure from regulators and investors to up their climate ambition and stop financing fossil fuels.

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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. Stay connected.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

In this Q&A, EY’s Ben Taylor highlights the developments most likely to shape and accelerate the net zero transition, as well as the climate-related investment strategies of asset owners and managers. ESG Investor: In what way did COP29 improve the likelihood of delivery of comprehensive, investible and Paris-compliant NDCs?

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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. Stewart also launched and ran research and development at BSR. The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) welcomes Managing Director for Climate and Energy Claire O’Neill.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 25, 2020

Investors are concerned about the viability of long-term assets in high emissions sectors at risk of being hit by negative policy or market developments. Pressure to make emissions visible has been around for a while: Consumers want to know how much carbon is embodied in the products they buy. Why do this?

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 10, 2022

Many see carbon markets as key to channelling billions of dollars into reducing these emissions, while protecting forests and other carbon sinks, such as peatlands and wetlands, in developing countries. At COP26, in November 2021, states agreed on a series of rules to govern market-based activities under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Launched in 2022, Renew promised Danone would reconnect with a sustainable profitable growth model, partly by taking a more science-led approach to product development, including expansion of its health and nutrition portfolio. increase in like-for-like sales in its 2024 annual results , and a recurring operating margin of 13.0%.

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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. The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) is now considering biodiversity in the development of new ESG disclosure standards. However, the risks from biodiversity loss are enormous.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 13, 2022

DESCRIPTION: The 27th United Nations (UN) Conference of the Parties (COP), which took place this November in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, marked a significant milestone in developing action against climate change. Loss and Damage’ Fund Agreement. Mitigation Work Program’ Development. Loss and damage, 22. degrees celsius.

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ESG Today

MARCH 28, 2023

It equips them with a new tool to assess the level of issuers alignment with climate change mitigation, adaptation, and low-carbon transition objectives, which will be fundamental to contributing towards meeting the objectives of the Paris Agreement.”

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Corporate Knights

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Describing her vision of an economically buoyant and sustainable Europe in the era of climate change, she called on the EU to accelerate the development of the clean-tech sector, “from wind to steel, from batteries to electric vehicles”. When it comes to the European Green Deal, we stick to our growth strategy,” von der Leyen said.

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ESG Today

AUGUST 5, 2022

International bank and financial services company Standard Chartered announced today that it has appointed Kerry Constabile to lead the company’s net zero and sustainability strategy teams. Constabile joins from Google, where she led the company’s sustainability strategy and company-wide climate plans.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 18, 2022

65 of the Global 100 companies have signed up to the Science Based Targets initiative, aligning their emissions reductions with the requirements of the Paris Agreement, up from 60 in 2021. . Esther An, Chief Sustainability Officer, City Developments Limited. 5 40 City Developments Ltd Singapore 1.5°C, C, SBTi A+.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 18, 2022

In 2021, 60 of the Global 100 companies signed up to the Science Based Targets initiative, aligning their emissions reductions with the requirements of the Paris Agreement. 5 40 City Developments Ltd Singapore 1.5°C, 70 86 Nordea Bank Abp Finland NZAM, NZAO, NZBA C+. 71 44 National Australia Bank Ltd Australia C+.

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