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Citigroup is one of the world's largest lenders to the fossil fuel industry, but CEO Jane Fraser vowed on Monday that the bank would achieve net-zero greenhouse-gas emissions in its financing activities by 2050.
Finance firms look to CSOs CSOs are predicted to become more important as corporates prioritise ESG by Jeremy Chan - February 12, 2021 Nearly every financial firm believes the role of chief sustainability officer (CSO) will grow in importance as ESG become a major priority for corporates in financial services. In a report published by Deloitte and the Institute of International Finance (IIF), 99 percent of firms said the role of the CSO would become more important over the next two years. The report noted the single dissenter reasoned, that by 2022 they hoped sustainability would be embedd...
BBC News Published We asked our readers to send in their best pictures on the theme "my hobby". Here are some of the pictures sent to us from around the world. Dave Smith "My hobby is an N scale model railway. "This scene is a vintage auto repair and petrol station. I placed a 9mm coin in the photo to show how small this really is. "I love to scratch-build with wood and this scene took nearly two months to complete. With my hobby I'm limited only by my imagination." Usha Venkat image copyrightUsha Venkat "My favourite hobby is to travel around the world, especially visiting a new place eve...
There's been a few upsets on the first day of post section in the men's singles draw at the national bowls championships in Auckland There's been a few upsets on the first day of post section in the men's singles draw at the national bowls championships in Auckland 7 January 2021 Two-time singles winner and world champion Shannon McIlroy has been knocked out by John O'Shea in the round of 64. Fellow double-winner Gary Lawson, alongside three-time champion Mike Kernaghan have also been eliminated. Defending champion Andrew Kelly's the only men's Black Jack left standing, and highlights the...
Playing an Auckland combination of Caroline Dubios and Denise West – who also needed the win to qualify – it was Dubios and West that prevailed 15-11. There were some anxious moments for some of the other contenders, but in the final wash up they survived. Included in that group were the champions of two seasons ago in the women’s pairs, Lisa Prideaux and Val Smith. Smith suffered a second loss on Wednesday morning – following one on Tuesday – going down 18-16 to Kirsty Hill. Hill is the sister of men’s pairs winner, Jamie. But with wins in the last two rounds were enough for ...