ESG & Investing
After Wall Street Exodus, Climate Group Explores Axing 1.5C Goal
The Net-Zero Banking Alliance is considering an overhaul of its membership terms after a wave of high-profile exits.
Pedestrians outside of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, on Jan. 28, 2025.
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The largest climate-finance group for banks is exploring a list of fundamental adjustments to how it operates, as it seeks to right itself after a wave of high-profile exits.
The Net-Zero Banking Alliance is considering an overhaul of its membership terms that may include abandoning a requirement for signatories to align their portfolios with a goal of limiting global warming to 1.5C, according to a person familiar with the group’s thinking who asked not to be identified discussing private deliberations.