The Bahamas has unlocked more than $120 million to fund the conservation and management of its oceans and mangroves through a debt swap financed by Standard Chartered and backed by...
Key Impact Points: Standard Chartered has launched a sustainable finance variant of its Borrowing Base Trade Loan (BBTL), reinforcing its commitment to decarbonizing the commodity sector. The BBTL is a...
Standard Chartered Bank and SEB have expanded their partnership with Puro.earth to enhance the Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) market. By facilitating offtake agreements for high-quality, Puro Standard-certified carbon removal credits,...
Standard Chartered Leads Innovative Financing for Carbon Removals Standard Chartered is breaking new ground by providing debt financing to UNDO, a project developer specializing in enhanced rock weathering, a method...
Standard Chartered has unveiled an innovative ESG-linked Cash Account, designed to reward corporate banking clients who achieve significant environmental, social, and governance (ESG) goals. This new offering ties credit balance...
Standard Chartered announced the successful closing of a six-year, $235 million non-recourse senior secured term green loan. The funds will develop, construct, and operate a 1.35 million square foot solar...
Broadening our ambition in greenhouse gas reduction Standard Chartered enhances net zero roadmap with commitment to deliver methane (CH4) emissions reduction target. A methane target aligns with our focus on...
Standard Chartered, KPMG and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) are calling for a step-change in the mobilisation of finance for adaptation and resilience ahead of COP29,...
Through the agreement, the two organizations have agreed to co-invest in Sustainable Aviation Fuel (“SAF”), allowing Standard Chartered to balance CO₂ emissions linked to its upstream logistics with high quality...
Standard Chartered’s latest Sustainable Banking Report 2023 reveals USD3.4 trillion of retail investor capital could be mobilised towards climate investments in 10 growth markets across Asia, Africa and the Middle East by...
Video Archives Now Available: ESG and sustainability head Marisa Drew of Standard Chartered, one-on-one interview with Show Host, Ketan Patel, “Force For Good”. ESG News releases Marisa Drew Chief Sustinabilty...
Citigroup (C), BNP Paribas, and Standard Chartered are considering financing a $15 billion program to protect Indian Ocean habitats, Bloomberg reported, citing Thomas Sberna of the International Union for Conservation...
Marisa Drew, Chief Sustainability Officer at Standard Chartered, discusses the launch of its ESG and sustainability impact initiatives in the global south.
Six top lenders to the aviation sector — Bank of America, BNP Paribas, Citi, Crédit Agricole CIB, Societe Generale and Standard Chartered — announced that they will partner with RMI’s...
Banks become founding members of initiative, launched in July 2021 by CIBC, Itaú Unibanco, National Australia Bank, and NatWest Group The founding members of Project Carbon, a group of financial institutions developing...