UBS announces coal financing ban and boosts green investments

Madeleine Cuff
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Banking giant on track to double penetration of sustainable investments by 2020

Investment banking giant UBS has become the latest firm to tighten rules around coal financing, today announcing a total project-level financing ban on new coal-fired power plants around the world...

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