Barclays publishes its 2025 Annual Report, setting out the progress made in the last year against its climate strategy. Within this disclosure, Barclays reiterated its ambition to be a net zero bank by 2050 and reported consistent delivery against its climate strategy, having had a record year for Sustainable and Transition Finance in 2025, and met and exceeded its 2025 financed emission reduction targets. Daniel Hanna, Barclays’ Group Head of Sustainable and Transition Finance, said: “In 2025, we published our Transition Update and reiterated our ambition to be a net…
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Barclays unveils approach to navigating nature-related financial risk
Barclays publishes leading approach to assessing nature-related financial risks of large financial portfolios and outlines pragmatic steps to drive progress. Understanding of nature-related risk and how to include it in economic and financial modelling is nascent. To make progress, Barclays is seeking to drive forward an industry-wide conversation and, in a new publication, Navigating Nature Risk: Applying the TNFD’s LEAP framework, details how it has leveraged the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosure’s Locate, Evaluate, Assess and Prepare Framework (LEAP). Focusing on a sample of mining and European power companies, Barclays…
Read MoreBarclays unveils approach to navigating nature-related financial risk
Barclays publishes leading approach to assessing nature-related financial risks of large financial portfolios and outlines pragmatic steps to drive progress. Understanding of nature-related risk and how to include it in economic and financial modelling is nascent. To make progress, Barclays is seeking to drive forward an industry-wide conversation and, in a new publication, Navigating Nature Risk: Applying the TNFD’s LEAP framework, details how it has leveraged the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosure’s Locate, Evaluate, Assess and Prepare Framework (LEAP). Focusing on a sample of mining and European power companies, Barclays…
Read MoreUnreasonable Impact announces new roster of ventures for the 2025 UK & Europe programme
Unreasonable Impact, a strategic partnership between Unreasonable Group and Barclays, has introduced the newest cohort of ventures selected for its UK & Europe programme. This year’s ventures are working across biodiversity monitoring, sustainable materials, and energy efficiency. Among them are: Material Evolution – Material Evolution develops low-carbon cement alternatives using AI-driven alkali fusion technology, reducing emissions by 85% compared to conventional methods. Liz Gilligan, co-founder and CEO, combines her expertise in sustainable concrete and extensive practical experience to lead the company’s mission to create industry-standard eco-friendly building materials. Onego Bio – Onego…
Read MoreBarclays and Channel 5 partner to champion better money management across the UK with Nick Knowles
Sky Media, the advertising arm of Sky, consumer bank Barclays UK and Channel 5, have announced a brand new and exclusive TV and social media partnership to encourage conversations about money management, featuring broadcaster’s much-loved presenter Nick Knowles. The light-hearted and educational six-part series launches tonight on Channel 5 during Bank Scams: Don’t Get Caught Out at 19:00 and during New: Fresh vs. Frozen: Which is Better at 20:00. It aims to educate viewers on how to deal with financial challenges using Barclays’ products and services to help make money…
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