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Climate Change, Net Zero Banking, News | 06 August 2023

Rebekah Cain, BNZ’s Chief Sustainability Officer, notes that finance is, “a key lever to pull in order to shift the…

Climate Change, Net Zero Banking, News | 20 May 2023

Singapore's OCBC bank has announced its latest decarbonisation goals, under which it will stop financing upstream oil and gas projects that received approval for development after 2021.

Banking, Climate Change, Net Zero Banking, News | 07 December 2022

The 27th Conference of Parties (COP27) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ended on 18 November with…

Banking, Climate Change, Net Zero Banking, News | 09 November 2022

The first progress report delivered by the NZBA since its launch in April 2021 aggregates the intermediate 2030 targets set…

Banking, Net Zero Banking, News | 17 October 2022

Dear Net Zero Banking Alliance members, As we approach COP27, I thought it was a useful time to take stock…

Banking, Net Zero Banking, News | 21 September 2022

By this point, the climate science is irrefutable: the world needs to take urgent action to tackle climate change and…

Banking, Net Zero Banking, News | 21 April 2022

On 21 April 2022, the Net-Zero Banking Alliance marks its first anniversary. Since launching in April of 2021, the Alliance…

Banking, Net Zero Banking, News | 03 March 2022

Recent research has outlined perceived inconsistencies between the requirements of the Alliance commitment and the activities of its members. The NZBA wishes to reflect the highest level of ambition in its practices even as it balances that ambition against the pragmatic concerns of our current global economy, and so would like to provide more detail on how it is approaching these issues.

Banking, Net Zero Banking, News | 19 January 2022

In January 2022, the Net-Zero Banking Alliance achieved a critical milestone as it welcomed the 100th signatory to its net-zero commitment. The NZBA now consists of over 100 members, representing 40 countries and over 43% of global banking assets.

Banking, Net Zero Banking, News | 20 December 2021

On 13 December, the senior leaders of the Net-Zero Banking Alliance’s Steering Group convened for the Alliance’s first annual Principals Meeting, wherein they reviewed the progress of the last year and made plans for 2022.