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This long-overdue change is good news for households and the planet but much more must be done to future-proof housing

Banks’ financing of coal, oil, and gas was higher in 2021 than it was in 2016, the year after the Paris agreement was adopted

Sector says £5bn energy profits levy will make investment in new projects and renewables more difficult

Julien Vincent’s Market Forces organisation started with a spare laptop and a spare bedroom before raising the ire of the former Coalition government

American Express Co., the country's leading small business cards provider launched its first-ever environmental and social initiatives bond. The bond will test whether there are potential investors interested in investing...

If you’re like most people, you haven’t given a moment’s thought to how banking affects climate change. But if you do pause, it makes sense that such a major institution could, and does, impact everything from forests...

Our business writers pick their contenders for the headlines in 2022, from startups to venerable high street favourites

The financial sector is helping to drive the climate crisis. Radical government action is needed to overhaul the system

Financing in lead up to Cop26 largest of all major UK banks, finds campaigners

Keith Pitt’s proposal suggests huge loans for resources sector in return for his party backing net zero

Thirty-five organisations implore Australia, which is ADB’s fifth-largest shareholder, to help the region ‘make a just and equitable low-carbon transition’

ShareAction says lack of plans to tackle climate crisis and biodiversity loss casts doubts on banking’s sustainability pledges

Sixty medical professionals including nurses hold protest to highlight fossil fuel investments

Activists tour financial institutions to highlight firms they believe to be culpable in climate crisis

Activists earlier blocked Whitehall in protest against HMRC and Barclays over funding of fossil fuel industries