SEB sits down to talk about its credible climate transition plans.

UK banks and the wider financial services sector in the UK are taking measures to protect their employees’ mental health, according to Mental Health First Aid England.

The world has reached a tipping point where the trend towards sustainability has become irreversible. But how can investment banks ensure that their clients are not ‘greenwashing’ to access funding? 

Regulations are proving increasingly complex for UK and EU-based financial institutions, write Frederik Winter and Kim Rybarczyk.

The climate awareness campaign Make My Money Matter has written to the senior leadership of HSBC, Barclays, Santander, NatWest and Lloyds Banking Group to ask them to stop financing the expansion of fossil fuel reserves as part of the transition to achieving net zero.

Banks 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.

Marie 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.

Marie Kemplay explores significant developments underway within the voluntary carbon markets.

Following the COP27 summit in Egypt, experts describe the financial infrastructure “not fit for purpose”, with developing countries at risk of being locked out of key markets. 

The bank’s head of ESG advisory and financing solutions explains why he expects no let-up in client demand for support in navigating the increasingly complex ESG landscape.