Standard Chartered

ING, Citi, Goldman Sachs team up for net zero steel initiative

Societe Generale, Standard Chartered, and UniCredit also join working group to help unlock finance to support green steel projects

01 June 2021 • 2 min read

Can banks become the solution to - rather than a driver of - global deforestation?

Criticism of banks' financing of environmentally-destructive industries continues to grow, but a new report argues they could play a critical role in protecting forests and driving climate action

13 January 2021 • 7 min read

Reports: Mark Carney aiming to set up global CO2 offsets market in early 2021

Former Bank of England Governor recently set up a Taskforce to accelerate the development of a voluntary market for carbon offsets

19 October 2020 • 3 min read

Financing change: Science-based targets system launched for banks and investors

As many as 55 banks and financial firms including Standard Chartered and Amalgamated Bank have already committed to setting climate targets under the new system

01 October 2020 • 2 min read

UK and banking giants spearhead drive to combat nature-related financial risks

AXA, BNP Paribas, World Bank and others back plans for new Task Force for Nature-related Financial Disclosures framework

21 July 2020 • 3 min read

'Time to pull the plug': Is pressure on coal-investing banks starting to deliver results?

High street banks such as Barclays, HSBC and Standard Chartered are facing growing pressure from activists, shareholders and potentially regulators over their links to to coal and potential stranded asset risk

02 March 2020 • 7 min read