Latest News from the Alliance
Net-Zero Banking Alliance Members Vote to Reinforce Guidelines for Climate Target Setting
NZBA member banks vote in favour of adopting updated guidelines Emissions attributable to banks’ capital markets services included for first time Overall ambition and key principles of original guidelines maintained ... Read More
Snapshot of a working life: James Close, Head of Climate Change and Environment, NatWest Group
We recently spoke to James Close, Head of Climate Change and Environment at NatWest Group in the latest on our series of interviews with a range of professionals from different ... Read More
Snapshot of a working life: Luanne Sieh, Group CSO, CIMB
At the beginning of the year, the Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) caught up with Luanne Sieh of CIMB Group for the first in a series of interviews with finance professionals ... Read More
Net-Zero Banking Alliance reaches 140 members from 45 countries as it welcomes its first bank from China
Geneva, January 3rd - Today, the Bank of East Asia becomes the latest bank to join the Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) and its first Chinese member, taking total membership to 140 ... Read More
UNEP FI hosts signing ceremony for six new Principles for Responsible Banking and Net-Zero Banking Alliance signatories
The United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) hosted a signing ceremony at COP28 for new signatories to the Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB) and the Net-Zero Banking Alliance ... Read More
Net-Zero Banking Alliance progress update: Over two thirds of NZBA banks have now set targets aligned with 1.5°C scenarios
Banks’ commitment to net zero continues to grow and to spread. NZBA membership has tripled in number since its launch and banks from emerging markets now make up over a ... Read More
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Media Contacts
- Daniel Storey, Communications Lead, Net-Zero Banking Alliance, UNEP FI
- Sally Wootton, Communications Lead, UNEP FI
Launch event
The Net-Zero Banking Alliance was launched on the 21st April 2021 at the US Climate Action Week, where political and finance leaders came together to launch the Glasgow Finance Alliance for Net Zero.