Finance
2024
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The transition to net zero will not happen without emissions reductions in high-emitting and hard-to-abate sectors. Yet credible transition finance that can both meet stakeholder expectations of real economy emissions reductions and satisfy banks’ internal…
Finance
2024
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Setting climate targets to reduce financed emissions is now the norm for most of the banking sector. And, for the over 40 founding signatories to the Net-Zero Banking Alliance, April marks the deadline to…
Finance
2024
| News
RMI and five global banks launch the Pegasus Guidelines—a voluntary emissions measurement and reporting standard for the aviation sector RMI, in cooperation with leading global banks—BNP Paribas, Citi, Crédit Agricole CIB, Societe Generale, and Standard…
Finance
2024
| Article
The journey towards a more sustainable steel sector has reached a new milestone with the publication of the first Sustainable STEEL Principles (SSP) Annual Report. A joint effort led by RMI in…
Finance
2024
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If we are to decarbonize the aviation industry at the speed required, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) must grow from 0.1 percent of global jet fuel to 10 percent by 2030, implying building 300 SAF plants…
Finance
2024
| Article
A new type of carbon credit for the global energy transition could work. Here’s how.
Buildings
2024
| Report
RMI conducted a bottom-up carbon analysis of the US building stock to determine the relative operational emissions for each segment.
Finance
2024
| Article
In a landmark report published earlier this month, the European Central Bank (ECB) analyzed how the portfolios of 95 Euro-area banks (who together provide 75 percent of Euro-area lending) align with global climate goals.
Finance
2024
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COP28 brought a renewed focus on transition finance. Here’s how major banks are looking at the road ahead.
Finance
2024
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It is our hope and expectation that 2024 can be a catalytic year for transition-related activity in the finance sector, with financial institutions, governments, and corporations all stepping up to contribute to real-economy transition despite…