In 2024, we recorded a podcast on bank’s climate commitments. Back then, most banks and asset managers had committed themselves to a net zero strategy to be in line with the Paris climate agreement. Since then, a lot has changed: a harsh anti-ESG sentiment has risen and financial institutions abandoned their voluntary commitments en masse. Things changed at Triodos as well: we no longer claim to be net zero in 2035 and we left the Net Zero Banking Alliance earlier this year.
So where do we stand now? Is the financial sector still on track to reach the goals set by the Paris Climate Agreement? Or has the time come for more rigorous action?
Key topics of this podcast include:
- What is left of the financial sector's climate ambitions?
- Do climate court cases against financial institutions make sense?
- How to get the financial sector to cut its ties with the fossil fuel industry?
- Triodos' climate strategy: from net-zero to absolute emission reduction target
- Not all is negative; there are positive developments
As Sven Renon notes: “From an economic, geopolitical and moral point of view strong climate action is the sensible thing to do, so let’s just do it.”
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