ShareAction warns banks to ‘expect shareholder action’ if they don’t set robust climate targets
Banks were criticised for having ‘low-ambition’ and an ‘incoherent approach’ to setting climate targets earlier this year
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ShareAction to challenge bank CEOs over ‘incoherent’ decarbonisation targets
Climate targets and roadmaps set by banks are not fit for purpose, says ShareAction’s latest report
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FCA called to investigate greenwashing at UK high street banks
In light of the FCA’s new anti-greenwashing rule and guidance
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Standard Chartered, KPMG and UNDRR call for ‘critical step-change’ in adaptation financing
Guide published to galvanise sector-wide efforts to plug the funding gap
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Time for asset managers to hold banks accountable for inconsistency in net-zero targets
Comes as HSBC publishes targets covering only 33% of facilitated emissions
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Judge banks on what they do, not what they say
Banks need to walk away from key clients to put oil and gas policy into practice
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Banks face penalties and legal action over fossil fuel funding
Dutch banking group ING has become the latest to come under threat of legal action over fossil fuel investment
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Winter Wonderland: More stringent AI ethics regulations is high on my wishlist
EQ Investors’ Johnny Bowie talks taking on the oil giants, the problem with banks and why he would like to see AI regs in place
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COP28 wishlist: End fossil fuels, protect our oceans, and fund a renewable future
Sustainable investment professionals share what they think is vital to come out of the next two weeks
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Which investors have backed the five biggest fossil fuel bonds?
Fossil fuel companies have raised $34bn on the bond market over the course of 2023
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Flawed climate modelling permits dangerous capital allocation
Nowhere are the dangers of head-in-the-sand climate modelling clearer than when we look at company accounts
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Barclays hires head of sustainable and impact banking
Denise Wong will be based in Hong Kong