Your quick guide to the week of January 16, 2023 on TheBanker.com.
Latest articles from Sustainability

Despite claims, banks still involved in fossil fuel expansion
January 20, 2023Banks are under fire for failing to live up to commitments under the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero and continue to invest heavily in fossil fuel projects.

A new voluntary carbon market for Africa
January 17, 2023Marie Kemplay speaks to Joseph Nganga, vice-president for Africa at the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet, about the ambitious new Africa Carbon Markets Initiative.

Climate finance: what is reasonable to expect from MDBs?
January 16, 2023As pressure mounts on multilateral lenders to finance the green transition, their approach to risk needs to adapt and governments in high-income countries need to play their part.

Sustainable finance bonds experience first year-on-year decline
January 13, 2023Sustainable finance debt issuance suffered declines across bond categories in 2022.

We can’t reach net zero if we’re not nature positive
January 4, 2023Biodiversity is as crucial to zero emissions as it is to climate change, and carries the same financial risk, but will COP15 send investors the right signals?

Cover story: Building up the voluntary carbon markets
January 3, 2023Marie Kemplay explores significant developments underway within the voluntary carbon markets.

Banks begin to address climate change
December 23, 2022Although they are making the first steps, Europe’s largest banks are not yet doing enough to address climate change and nature loss.

Executive ownership – a bad deal for ESG
December 15, 2022Research shows that executives holding company shares are of tangible detriment to their companies’ ESG performance.

EU anti-deforestation law considers due diligence obligations for banks
December 12, 2022While European banks have a little more time to get their deforestation affairs in order, the wind is blowing towards requirement rather than suggestion.