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Bank of America boosts environmental financing initiative to $1trn

Winners revealed in Environmental Finance's Bond Awards 2021

News round-up: TCFD, John Kerry, Legal and General, Church of England, and more

RAN fossil fuel investigation shows massive continued financing from banks

Global banks supply $800m a day to plastics supply chain

The amount of money that banks have pumped into the global plastics supply chain has been tracked in a new report

News Round Up: State Street, Bank of America, CFA Institute, and more

PCAF launches standard for global emissions

The Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF) has launched a methodology which intends to enable banks to measure and disclose the emissions associated with their financed activities.

Banks under fire for funding that threatens biodiversity

The world's largest banks have been named and shamed for continuing to fund activities that threaten the biodiversity of the planet.

APG invests $50m in 'racial equality' bond

Netherlands-based pensions asset manager APG has invested $50 million in Bank of America's $2 billion 'Equality Progress Sustainability Bond' that was issued last month.

Net zero transition to cost $1-2tn a year, say energy companies

Achieving net-zero emissions worldwide by 2050 will cost $1-2 trillion a year, around 1.5% of global GDP, according to a report from coalition The Energy Transitions Commission (ETC).