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  • Canadian regulator demands financial institutions report in line with ISSB this year

    21 March 2024

    Canada's largest banks and insurers must disclose how they are implementing a climate transition plan and conducting climate scenario analysis, under rules that have been updated to align with International Sustainability Board (ISSB) standards.

  • Canada's banks are 'obstructing' net zero goals and progresses, InfluenceMap finds

    06 March 2024
  • Investors push TD Bank for more detailed transition plan

    06 February 2024
  • Canadian regulators urged to investigate GHG emissions disclosures of big banks

    10 January 2024

    Canadian financial markets regulators have been urged to investigate whether five of the country's largest banks are disclosing adequate climate-related information.

  • IIGCC to step up pressure on banks to demonstrate action on net zero

    06 June 2023

    A group representing investors with €65 trillion ($70 trillion) in assets under management has published a set of expectations for banks, as they push for more details on how banks will act on pledges to achieve net zero emissions.

  • Canada's six largest banks join Net-Zero Banking Alliance

    19 October 2021

    Six of Canada's largest banks have joined the global Net-Zero Banking Alliance...

  • Investor group urges banks to set enhanced net zero targets

    19 April 2021
  • News round-up: TCFD, John Kerry, Legal and General, Church of England, and more

    24 March 2021
  • RAN fossil fuel investigation shows massive continued financing from banks

    24 March 2021
  • TD Bank makes net zero by 2050 pledge

    10 November 2020

    Toronto Dominion (TD) Bank has become the latest bank to commit to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with its operations and financing activities by 2050 - but the announcement was criticised for failing to set an interim target.