General | January 26, 2023
Financing 1.5°C: Six Trends to Watch in 2023
We expect six key trends to inform financial institutions’ climate strategy design, implementation, and reporting this year.
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Sectoral Alignment | December 16, 2022
Banks Bet on Green Steel
Green steel financing commitments offer a replicable model for climate-aligned finance
Sectoral Alignment | November 23, 2022
The Right Nudge: Targeted Interventions to Accelerate the Technology Shift in Buildings
How financial institutions can help building decarbonization technologies reach key tipping points.
Sectoral Alignment | September 28, 2022
Major banks agree sustainability overhaul for US$23bn steel portfolio
Six international banks have agreed to measure and publicly disclose the carbon intensity of their steel lending portfolios, in an attempt to push an industry reliant on highly polluting coal towards net-zero emissions.
Sectoral Alignment | September 23, 2022
Global banks representing $23 billion in steel loans sign onto Sustainable STEEL Principles
Six leading banks — Citi, Crédit Agricole CIB, ING, Societe Generale, Standard Chartered, and UniCredit — will measure and disclose their steel-related loan emissions via the Sustainable STEEL Principles (SSP), the first climate-aligned finance agreement for the steel industry.
Sectoral Alignment | September 23, 2022
The Sustainable STEEL Principles: Forging a New Paradigm
The Sustainable STEEL Principles (SSP) are the turnkey solution for measuring and disclosing the alignment of steel lending portfolios with 1.5°C climate targets.
Sectoral Alignment | September 15, 2022
Hot Property: Why the Financial Sector Must Lead Real Estate Decarbonization
The Inflation Reduction Act provides a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to move us toward a net-zero real estate sector. Financial institutions have the opportunity and the obligation to proactively lead the way to equitably decarbonize the built environment.
Sectoral Alignment | July 1, 2022
Panel Discussion: How a CAF framework supports aviation decarbonization
How would a climate-aligned finance framework for aviation help decarbonize the sector? The Center's aviation lead Jolene Verheije joined a panel of aviation finance experts to discuss climate alignment
Sectoral Alignment | June 21, 2022
Three Global Banks Jointly Tackle Aluminum Decarbonization
Leading lenders to the global aluminum sector — Citi, ING, and Societe Generale — are working together with RMI to develop a climate-aligned finance framework to help reduce the industry’s hard-to-abate emissions.
Sectoral Alignment | May 16, 2022
How net zero aviation is preparing for take-off
Talk about headwinds: the paradox of the aviation sector is that few industries have worked so hard to reduce their environmental impact and yet have so much left to do.
Sectoral Alignment | May 12, 2022
How Finance Fits into a Steelmaker's Decarbonization Strategy
Lucy Kessler, manager at RMI's Center for Climate-Aligned Finance, joined a finance-focused panel discussion at CRU's Steel Decarbonisation Strategies conference on April 28, 2022.