The banking sector needs to embrace climate language, says banking expert

In this week’s Net Hero Podcast, Heather Buchanan, Co-founder of Bankers for Net Zero told us people should have access to the carbon data of their purchases

Royal Bank of Canada crowned ‘largest fossil financier’

A report claims the bank provided $42.1bn in funding for fossil fuel projects in 2022

Celebs call on banks to stop financing fossil fuels

Emma Thompson, Stephen Fry and Brian Eno are some of the signatories of an open letter

‘Banks make net zero pledges but don’t give up on fossil fuels’

A new report says more hundreds of billions is still invested from GFANZ members

HSBC ends financing of new oil and gas fields

Europe’s largest bank is taking action on its net zero pledge

Calls for World Bank President to quit after climate denial

David Malpass has been labelled a ‘climate denier’ by many for not accepting the human impact on climate change

Extinction Rebellion camp outside Barclays

The protestors claim the bank’s climate targets fall short of UN standards

Global green finance increased 100x in last decade

It jumped from $5.2bn in 2012 to $540.6bn in 2021

UK Government hits Russia with another 65 sanctions

These include railways and the country’s largest private bank

‘We can’t solve the climate crisis without the banks’ says Sir James Bevan

The Environment Agency Chief Executive looked forward following COP26 in his speech delivered to the banking sector – claiming they have “more power than most countries to create the change we need”