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Despite net-zero pledges, banks used $750 billion to finance fossil fuels in 2020
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Tar Sands
Fossil fuel financing declined by 9 percent in 2020 amid the economic downturn, but campaigners warn overall trend is 'one heading definitively in the wrong direction.'
March 26, 2021 by Cecilia Keating
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New Citigroup CEO commits bank to net-zero financed emissions target
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View of the Citibank corporate commercial headquarters, a landmark modern building located on the banks of the River Liffey in Dublin. Tree branches can be seen around edges of photo.
The company joins Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, and JPMorgan Chase in pledging to reduce its operations and activity in line with global climate goals.
March 4, 2021 by Cecilia Keating
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ISS updates global voting guidelines and embeds environmental risks
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People wearing suit in a board meeting room. They're standing behind a table, which has glasses of water on top. You cannot see their faces in the image.
But some say the action doesn't go far enough.
February 22, 2021 by Cecilia Keating
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UK utilities urged to publish 'just transition' plans
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Windmill engineer wearing PPE standing on wind turbine
National Grid, E.On, RWE, Scottish Power, EDF and Centrica urged to follow SSE’s lead and publish dedicated strategies setting out how workers and consumers will be protected from any shocks of net zero transition.
December 29, 2020 by Cecilia Keating
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Investors call on major US polluters to clean up lobbying activities
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Businesspeople walking on steps. They hold hold briefcases and folders in their hands..
Climate Action 100+ investors write to 47 major US companies calling on them to ensure advocacy work aligns with the climate goals of the Paris Agreement
October 29, 2020 by Cecilia Keating
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Companies' ESG scores improve countries' macroeconomic growth, report finds
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Illustration with blue world map in background and three hands pointing and objects including a calculator, coins and graphs
The University of Oxford report comes as green groups, scientists, politicians, businesses, and economists push for a green recovery to the coronavirus.
June 9, 2020 by Cecilia Keating