Banks are looking at how they can repurpose the tops of their urban footprint to better serve their staff and the community, as well as demonstrate their sustainability credentials.

Africa’s forests have played second fiddle compared to other rainforest regions when it comes to global conservation efforts and investment. Is this changing? 

The alphabet soup of sustainability is ever expanding, with the newly created Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures now being thrown in the mix. But its co-chair insists its creation will eventually lead to a simplified space.

Eugenio Solla, chief sustainability officer at CaixaBank, speaks to The Banker about the Spanish bank’s track record in sustainable finance and how it embeds sustainability criteria in all its activities. 

How much carbon dioxide emissions have been avoided because of the sustainable capital markets?

Banks need to develop a ‘nature first’ culture, starting at the top and permeating throughout the organisation.

Sustainability is revolutionising accounting, which, in turn, is set to revolutionise the way finance flows to companies.

The continent’s transition away from fossil fuels is fraught with difficulty, not least if the overall aim is both a cleaner and fairer future. 

Cyprus’s finance minister talks to The Banker about how the country’s economy has coped during the pandemic and the recovery ahead.