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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Business
Rebecca Speare-Cole

Big banks urged to step up on sustainable finance in 2025

Banks were also rarely found to provide a breakdown of how much sustainable financing they would provide to each sector (Victoria Jones/PA) - (PA Archive)

Europe’s 20 largest banks – including Barclays, Lloyds, Santander, HSBC and NatWest – are being urged to step up efforts on sustainable finance as the year comes to a close.

ShareAction, which campaigns for responsible investment, has written to the banks’ chief executives to call on them to set climate targets based in science to show how they are funding sectors crucial for the net-zero transition.

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