Corporate Knights

DECEMBER 9, 2022

At the same time, the five largest Canadian banks have provided $700 billion to the fossil fuel sector since 2015 and doubled their year-over-year financing in 2021. The government can also use other forms of economic planning to accelerate a rapid transition, combining green central banking tools with a coordinated green industrial strategy.

Net Zero 299

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GreenBiz

MAY 20, 2021

If the world heeds that advice, we’ll leave a lot of stranded assets lying around. Of course, a chorus of activist investors have been pressing investors, banks and companies to examine their risks on stranded oil and gas assets for more than a decade, knowing this day would arrive.

Stranded Assets 322

Stranded Assets Net Zero Regenerative Sustainability Professional 322

Chris Hall

APRIL 14, 2023

Jessye Waxman, Senior Campaign Representative, Fossil-Free Finance Campaign, Sierra Club, says climate-related shareholder resolutions give banks necessary guardrails for transition financing. These claims are a misrepresentation of resolutions that simply aim to reduce banks’ exposure to climate-related risks.

Banking 98

Banking Greenwashing Net Zero Stranded Assets 98

Environmental Finance

JUNE 13, 2025

CAF raises €100m from BNP Paribas-backed blue bond debut 13 June 2025 Development bank CAF has raised €100 million ($116 million) from its inaugural blue bond focused on the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region, the first issued under its updated sustainable bond framework.

Green Bonds 52

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Environmental Finance

JUNE 5, 2025

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Environmental News Bits

JULY 23, 2021

Physical risks, stranded assets and greater firm default risk expose… Read more → Both climate change and the transition to a carbon neutral economy pose substantial challenges for the economy and the financial system, with the potential to affect growth and inflation in the short term, but also over much longer horizons.

Climate Change 81

Climate Change Stranded Assets Banking 81

Environmental Finance

JUNE 9, 2025

Sustainable reversal in the era of the Omnibus Directive ISSB proposals could de-rail progress on financed emissions, warns PCAF Transition credits lend themselves well to Article 6, says South Pole Deutsche Bank: Reporting hundreds of KPIs under CSRD a waste of time What is the impact of the SDRs impact label?

Stranded Assets 40

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Environmental Finance

JUNE 4, 2025

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Green Bonds 40

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Environmental Finance

JUNE 12, 2025

Quantitative tightening hampers ECB carbon tilting efforts 12 June 2025 The European Central Bank (ECB) said its shift from quantitative easing to tightening has brought an end to its efforts to apply a climate tilt to its corporate bond portfolio.

Stranded Assets 40

Stranded Assets Green Bonds Banking Development 40

Environmental Finance

JUNE 13, 2025

CAF raises €100m from BNP Paribas-backed blue bond debut 13 June 2025 Development bank CAF has raised €100 million ($116 million) from its inaugural blue bond focused on the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region, the first issued under its updated sustainable bond framework.

Green Bonds 40

Green Bonds Stranded Assets Banking Development 40

Environmental Finance

JUNE 9, 2025

Sustainable reversal in the era of the Omnibus Directive ISSB proposals could de-rail progress on financed emissions, warns PCAF Transition credits lend themselves well to Article 6, says South Pole Deutsche Bank: Reporting hundreds of KPIs under CSRD a waste of time What is the impact of the SDRs impact label?

Stranded Assets 40

Stranded Assets Green Bonds Banking Waste 40

Environmental Finance

JUNE 9, 2025

Sustainable reversal in the era of the Omnibus Directive ISSB proposals could de-rail progress on financed emissions, warns PCAF Transition credits lend themselves well to Article 6, says South Pole Deutsche Bank: Reporting hundreds of KPIs under CSRD a waste of time What is the impact of the SDRs impact label?

Stranded Assets 40

Stranded Assets Green Bonds Banking Impact Investing 40

Environmental Finance

JUNE 10, 2025

Struggle to sell labelled debt in US leads to pivot to Asia and Middle East, says HSBC 10 June 2025 The "struggle" to sell labelled debt products in the US in the current political environment is leading banks to seek business in markets with greater potential for growth, including in Asia and the Middle East, according to an executive at HSBC.

Regenerative 40

Regenerative Stranded Assets Green Bonds Banking 40

Environmental Finance

JUNE 12, 2025

Quantitative tightening hampers ECB carbon tilting efforts 12 June 2025 The European Central Bank (ECB) said its shift from quantitative easing to tightening has brought an end to its efforts to apply a climate tilt to its corporate bond portfolio.

Stranded Assets 40

Stranded Assets Green Bonds Banking Development 40

Environmental Finance

JUNE 10, 2025

Struggle to sell labelled debt in US leads to pivot to Asia and Middle East, says HSBC 10 June 2025 The "struggle" to sell labelled debt products in the US in the current political environment is leading banks to seek business in markets with greater potential for growth, including in Asia and the Middle East, according to an executive at HSBC.

Stranded Assets 40

Stranded Assets Green Bonds Banking Net Zero 40

Environmental Finance

JUNE 10, 2025

Struggle to sell labelled debt in US leads to pivot to Asia and Middle East, says HSBC 10 June 2025 The "struggle" to sell labelled debt products in the US in the current political environment is leading banks to seek business in markets with greater potential for growth, including in Asia and the Middle East, according to an executive at HSBC.

Stranded Assets 40

Stranded Assets Green Bonds Banking Net Zero 40

Environmental Finance

JUNE 13, 2025

CAF raises €100m from BNP Paribas-backed blue bond debut 13 June 2025 Development bank CAF has raised €100 million ($116 million) from its inaugural blue bond focused on the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region, the first issued under its updated sustainable bond framework.

Green Bonds 40

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Environmental Finance

JUNE 11, 2025

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Environmental Finance

JUNE 4, 2025

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Environmental Finance

JUNE 5, 2025

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Green Bonds 40

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Environmental Finance

JUNE 9, 2025

Sustainable reversal in the era of the Omnibus Directive ISSB proposals could de-rail progress on financed emissions, warns PCAF Transition credits lend themselves well to Article 6, says South Pole Deutsche Bank: Reporting hundreds of KPIs under CSRD a waste of time What is the impact of the SDRs impact label?

Stranded Assets 40

Stranded Assets Green Bonds Banking Development 40

Environmental Finance

JUNE 12, 2025

Quantitative tightening hampers ECB carbon tilting efforts 12 June 2025 The European Central Bank (ECB) said its shift from quantitative easing to tightening has brought an end to its efforts to apply a climate tilt to its corporate bond portfolio.

Stranded Assets 40

Stranded Assets Green Bonds Banking Development 40

Environmental Finance

JUNE 6, 2025

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Green Bonds 40

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Environmental Finance

JUNE 13, 2025

CAF raises €100m from BNP Paribas-backed blue bond debut 13 June 2025 Development bank CAF has raised €100 million ($116 million) from its inaugural blue bond focused on the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region, the first issued under its updated sustainable bond framework.

Green Bonds 40

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Environmental Finance

JUNE 4, 2025

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 19, 2024

When those 16 nations went to the bank for financing, they were told there was no point in trying. Twelve years ago, First Nations tried to buy an equity stake in the Pacific Trail Pipeline (pictured in 2015) but couldn’t secure bank financing – prompting calls for federal loan guarantees.

Stranded Assets 182

Stranded Assets Net Zero Development Banking 182

Environmental Finance

APRIL 12, 2023

Japan's six largest banks and energy companies have been hit by shareholder calls to disclose decarbonisation plans, over concerns that fossil fuel expansion will result in stranded assets.

Stranded Assets 45

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Environmental Finance

JUNE 4, 2025

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Environmental Finance

APRIL 4, 2023

Despite a movement into 'cleaner' assets, Chinese banks have yet to shift away from coal, which risks leaving many with stranded assets, Sustainable Fitch has said.

Stranded Assets 45

Stranded Assets Banking 45

Environmental Finance

JUNE 9, 2025

Sustainable reversal in the era of the Omnibus Directive ISSB proposals could de-rail progress on financed emissions, warns PCAF Transition credits lend themselves well to Article 6, says South Pole Deutsche Bank: Reporting hundreds of KPIs under CSRD a waste of time What is the impact of the SDRs impact label?

Stranded Assets 40

Stranded Assets Green Bonds Banking Waste 40

3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Case Study: Stranded Assets and the Economics of a Chinese Power Plant. These differences can be more sharply examined by analyzing the economics of a Chinese power plant and stranded-assets risk. Stranded assets are a common theme in investment analysis of the global energy transition.

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Corporate Knights

JULY 5, 2023

This could enable banks or fossil fuel companies , for example, to under-report climate risks or metrics based on an argument that fossil fuels will be needed for many years to come. It leaves the definition of materiality up to each company to determine, although this will likely be subject to verification by external auditors.

Greenhouse Gas Protocol 246

Greenhouse Gas Protocol Stranded Assets COP26 Development 246

Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Stranded assets, defaults in thermal power, steel and cement sectors may increase if companies do not shift to low-carbon alternatives. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) has revealed the results of its first phase of climate risk stress tests of major banks in the country.

Stranded Assets 52

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 13, 2020

Banks and asset managers must back up their commitments with action by rapidly ramping up climate-risk standards across sustainable funds as well as their entire portfolios,” said Moira Birss, Climate and Finance Director at Amazon Watch and lead author of the report.

Stranded Assets 141

Stranded Assets Banking Climate Change Development 141

Chris Hall

APRIL 21, 2023

AGMs to be held by Citi, Wells Fargo, and Bank of America on 25 April, and by Goldman Sachs on 26 April, are seen as key indicators of investment sentiment.

Banking 52

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Chris Hall

JUNE 21, 2023

billion to acquire 335 million barrels of oil in Texas and Mexico,” said Patrick DeRochie, Senior Manager of Shift. “The CPPIB is risking our national retirement fund on stranded assets and investing in a future of ever-worsening climate disaster.” The post CAFA to Catapult Canada to Climate Leader appeared first on ESG Investor.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 30, 2024

This could stem from campaigns which lobby for divestment from polluting companies or projects. “In our view, the risk to investors from ESG or climate litigation remains primarily indirect,” Mark Banks, Dispute Resolution Senior Associate at Baker McKenzie told ESG Investor.

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