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What the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank means for climate tech

by Mitchell Beer

The failure is a huge blow for climate start-ups after the bank committed US$5 billion in sustainability loans and investments last year

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Stronger climate regulations for banks might not actually cut emissions

by Eugene Ellmen

OPINION | However, increased regulation of the oil and gas industry could change the situation

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Investors crank up the heat on bank fossil fuel financing

by Eugene Ellmen

Activist investors and climate campaigners are looking to put pressure on some of the largest financers of fossil fuel expansion

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HSBC to stop financing new oil and gas fields except in Canada

by Shawn McCarthy

It will be business as usual for the London bank’s Canadian subsidiary, as it’s being sold to RBC

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Mark Carney’s net-zero banking alliance backtracks on compulsory climate targets

by Eugene Ellmen

Critics call for climate regulation, not just voluntary initiatives, after GFANZ drops UN Race to Zero targets

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Advocates blast RBC's new climate targets as 'greenwashing'

by Mitchell Beer

Climate finance campaigners were quick to jump on RBC after the bank set intensity-based targets of just 35% by 2030 for the

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Is the Competition Bureau's probe into RBC's climate claims a warning to other banks?

by Mitchell Beer

The federal regulator is investigating the bank's climate claims for "greenwash" as it continued to finance fossil fuel development

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Cracks showing in Mark Carney’s net-zero financial alliance

by Eugene Ellmen

Two pension funds leave GFANZ; JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley and Canadian banks consider exit

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Advocates urge regulation of banks’ climate commitments to avoid greenwashing

by Shawn McCarthy

Regulators are proposing guidelines that would simply require financial institutions to disclose the risks that climate change poses

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