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A charged market for EV infrastructure investment?

October 20, 2022

Electric vehicle charging infrastructure will require huge investment over the coming decades, but powering up this asset class will be far more complex than flicking a switch.

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Vancity tops Sustainable Banking Revenues Ranking

September 22, 2022

The new ranking, produced with Corporate Knights, analyses the share of banking revenues derived from sustainable activities.

Canada energy

True north, strong and green?

June 28, 2022

Finding a way to harness Canada’s vast resources that delivers both a prosperous and sustainable economy is key to its future, but can the reality live up to the ambition?

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Banks’ eyes in the sky

April 22, 2022

The data and intelligence satellites provide are being leveraged on a wider scale within financial services in areas such as financial inclusion and climate risk. 

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Reimagined rooftops

March 23, 2022

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.

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Investing in Africa’s forests

March 17, 2022

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

Eugenio Solla, CaixaBank

CaixaBank outlines its sustainability commitments

March 10, 2022

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. 

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Sustainable investment markets are overhyped, broken and superfluous

March 9, 2022

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

Ajay Sagar

It’s time to move climate discussions to bank boardrooms

March 7, 2022

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

Africa just transition

A just energy transition for Africa?

February 16, 2022

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. 

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