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Banking, Climate Change, Net Zero Banking, News, Principles for Responsible Banking | 13 March 2024

NZBA member banks vote in favour of adopting updated guidelines Emissions attributable to banks’ capital markets services included for first…

Asia Pacific, Banking, Climate Change, Net Zero Banking, News, Target Setting | 23 January 2024

At the beginning of the year, the Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) caught up with Luanne Sieh of CIMB Group for…

Banking, Climate Change, Net Zero Banking, News, Target Setting | 03 January 2024

Geneva, January 3rd – Today, the Bank of East Asia becomes the latest bank to join the Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA)…

Banking, Climate Change, Net Zero Banking, Publications, Target Setting | 04 December 2023

On Finance Day at COP28, the industry-led, UN-convened Net-Zero Banking Alliance published this Progress Update. The Net-Zero Banking Alliance provides…

Banking, Climate Change, Net Zero Banking, News, Target Setting | 04 December 2023

Banks’ commitment to net zero continues to grow and to spread. NZBA membership has tripled in number since its launch…

Banking, Climate Change, Net Zero Banking, News, Publications, Target Setting | 04 December 2023

This paper discusses how banks may consider reporting their transition finance efforts. We see a need for additional specific metrics, as existing metrics may fail to provide a full picture of banks’ approaches to decarbonising their portfolios.

Climate Change, Net Zero Banking, News | 19 October 2023

Deutsche Bank published its initial Transition Plan as well as net-zero pathways for three additional carbon-intensive industries in the bank’s…

Climate Change, Net Zero Banking, News | 10 October 2023

Corporate Knights and The Banker’s second annual ranking monitoring global banks finds sustainable financing jumped 55%.

Climate Change, Net Zero Banking, News | 06 August 2023

Rebekah Cain, BNZ’s Chief Sustainability Officer, notes that finance is, “a key lever to pull in order to shift the…

Banking, Climate Change, News, Principles for Responsible Banking | 09 February 2023

As the global framework and gold standard for Sustainable Banking, the Principles for Responsible Banking need to continuously evolve in line with increasing ambition and new goals humanity defines. Signatories have made the important decision to strengthen the definition of the Principles’ climate ambition to specify that Signatory Banks, in accordance with the Paris Agreement, are expected to align their portfolios with a 1.5 degrees pathway.