Sustainability News

Boom in electric cars and smartphones drives environmental and human rights risks

The booming trade of electric batteries for smartphones and electric cars is being accompanied by a hidden human toll and environmental damage. So say …

Sustainability / 19-09-17 / by Sanne Wass

Modern slavery risk on rise in European supply chains

The European migrant crisis is forcing a sharp rise in human rights risks in European supply chains. This includes the UK and Germany, which …

Sustainability / 09-08-17 / by Sanne Wass

JP Morgan enters race of sustainability pledges

JP Morgan has pledged to facilitate US$200bn in clean financing by 2025, which it says is the “largest commitment by a global financial institution” …

Sustainability / 01-08-17 / by Sanne Wass

Bank fossil fuel financing falls 22% in 2016

The level of extreme fossil fuel financing by banks fell by 22% in 2016, but many banks are still increasing their lending to destructive …

Global / 28-06-17 / by Finbarr Bermingham

EBRD joins forces to help climate technology

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), together with the International Energy …

Europe / 26-06-17 / by Aleya Begum Lønsetteig

Green financing platform launched in China

A green financing platform has been launched in China, designed to promote air pollution reduction investments in the greater Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (BTH) area. The platform …

Asia / 21-06-17 / by Finbarr Bermingham