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• Banking on a changing climate?

  05 April 2018

  Climate change poses a significant threat to banks. How big is their exposure to climate risks, and what are they doing to mitigate them, asks Peter Cripps

• Banks' climate progress is 'skin deep'

  15 February 2018

  Banks' attempts to adapt to the risks and the opportunities presented by climate change have been criticised as "often skin deep at best" by a coalition of $2 trillion of investors.

• Time for investors in Asia's meat and dairy industries to 'step up to the plate'

  14 August 2017

  Investors in Asia's meat, seafood and dairy industries "face a range of badly managed sustainability risks with significant potential to derail returns," a report has warned.

• Investors urged to pressure banks to do more on climate change

  20 February 2017

  Investors should use their position as shareholders to ensure the financial sector makes better progress to mitigate climate change, according to a new report.

• Banks making progress on combating climate change

  17 January 2017

  Banks have made considerable progress in addressing climate risks and opportunities in their business practices to align with a 2°C global warming target, but it is still not enough, according to a new report.

• After Paris, banks need to up their game on climate change

  11 July 2016

  Banks are only just beginning to grasp the opportunities presented by the transition to a low-carbon economy, argues Lauren Compere

• Banking on climate change

  07 December 2015

  Banks need to up their game if they are to address the risks and opportunities presented by climate change, argues Lauren Compere