Finance

The moves come after weeks of negotiation with investors who supported Indigenous and Black leaders and their allies assembled at the bank’s annual general meeting in April

Finance | Spring 2024

Is swapping debt to protect nature the key to solving Africa's climate woes?

Shilpa Tiwari

For some nations, the suffocating burden of debt gets in the way of climate adaptation. Converting a portion of that debt into funds dedicated to climate action could be transformative.

2024 Climate Dollars | Finance

Climate was biggest winner in 2024 budget, but climate funding gap persists

Toby Heaps and Jessica Carradine

Budget 2024’s plan for growing the clean economy leans heavily on tax credits, doesn’t address the federal government’s $14-billion say-do gap on climate

Finance

Four ways Canadian banks can actually deliver on their climate promises

Matt Price and Kyra Bell-Pasht

Upcoming shareholder proposal vote asks TD to spell out their vague net-zero plans, but it’s not the only bank that needs a credible climate transition plan

Finance

Will free speech derail North America’s climate finance agenda?

Julien O. Beaulieu and Iris Fairley-Beam

As lawsuits challenging climate-risk disclosure rules multiply in the United States, Canada’s climate finance policies could be next in line

Finance | Spring 2024

The nuclear option

Eugene Ellmen

Should climate-conscious investors consider ‘green’ nuclear energy bonds or rule them out because of long delays, cost overruns, and safety and waste risks?

Finance

U.S. SEC waters down its climate reporting rule under legal threats

Eugene Ellmen

Will Canada align itself with weaker U.S. standard, or will it go further and adopt full-scope climate reporting like Europe, California and China?

Finance | Spring 2024

Canada’s Big Five banks keep moving further away from net-zero

Eugene Ellmen

A new report from UK org InfluenceMap shows that rather than move towards net-zero like their US and EU counterparts, Canada's big five banks have increased their exposure to oil and gas

Finance

Canada’s biggest pension plan is fuelling worst rainy-day future ever

Mitchell Beer

Report card finds Canadian Pension Plan stands out as “biggest investor in and defender of fossil fuel investment in the Canadian pension sector”

Sustainable Economy Intelligence

The world’s most sustainable MBA programs are producing a generation of changemakers

These 30 under 30 are leading a green youthquake

Finance

RBC agrees to new measures on race, climate after pressure from investors and First Nations

Is swapping debt to protect nature the key to solving Africa's climate woes?

Climate was biggest winner in 2024 budget, but climate funding gap persists

Four ways Canadian banks can actually deliver on their climate promises

Will free speech derail North America’s climate finance agenda?

The nuclear option

U.S. SEC waters down its climate reporting rule under legal threats

Canada’s Big Five banks keep moving further away from net-zero

Canada’s biggest pension plan is fuelling worst rainy-day future ever

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