Banks are facing loud demands to measure the carbon footprints of their financing activities, but few of them currently have a full accounting of those emissions, according to a new study. Processing ...

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For some people, under the right circumstances, using leverage (i.e., loans) to pay the premiums on a larger life insurance policy is a very smart move. This strategy can be used to cost effectively ...

Simply sign up to the Climate change myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Financial services groups feature prominently in the FT-Statista ranking of Europe’s Climate Leaders, based on ...

If that wasn’t enough for making the developed world's climate hypocrisy clear, what should is the fact that they won't be meeting their own 2030 emission reduction commitment made at the 2016 Paris ...

As governments, corporations and individuals across the globe begin to grapple with the realities of climate change, the world will increasingly look to financial institutions as gateways to a greener ...

(Bloomberg) — BNP Paribas SA, Banco Santander SA and Barclays Plc stand out as the best among banks in terms of their current and forecast financed CO2 emissions, according to analysts at Bloomberg ...