Greenly, the carbon accounting platform that helps 1,500+ companies worldwide measure and then reduce their carbon footprint, has announced its new Climate Rating System, using a points and medal system– Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum – in order “to measure the reality of their customers’… Read More
Smart Pension, which claims to be one of the UK’s leading workplace pension schemes, announces that it aims to reduce the emissions of its default growth fund by 75% by 2030. This new target swiftly follows the announcement that Smart Pension “had achieved a 50%… Read More
The increased cost of doing business is “preventing the UK’s 5.5m small and medium-sized businesses from going green,” new research finds. With core inflation rates at 6.8% – the highest in 31 years – protracted high costs could be delaying SME owners’ plans “to green… Read More
C6 Bank announces that its new carbon footprint product which launched last month running on Thought Machine’s cloud-native core banking technology, Vault Core, has offset more than 900 tonnes of carbon. The carbon footprint offering, “built at record speed in under six months, makes C6… Read More
Westpac is rolling out a new feature on its banking app, which will allow customers to estimate their carbon footprint. Westpac customers will soon be able “to track their carbon footprint, with new functionality on the banking app that enables those with eligible accounts to… Read More
Zodia Custody has announced plans to become a net-zero company by 2050, as a signatory of the taskforce for leading tech companies fighting climate change, Tech Zero. With over 300 tech companies already among the signatories, Zodia Custody is reportedly the first digital asset custodian… Read More
According to figures certified by the China Environmental United Certification Center (CEC), Ant Group has once again “achieved operational carbon neutrality (Scope 1 & 2) for the second consecutive year, following the company’s initial achievement in 2021.” This marks another concrete step for Ant Group… Read More
In yet another initiative with the aim of taking care of our planet, C6 Bank launched the Carbon Extract, being the “first” bank in Brazil to launch a tool of this type in its application. In this new bank tool, it is possible “to calculate… Read More
PensionBee, a online pension provider, has calculated that “moving £1 trillion, the approximate value of UK defined contribution pension funds of around 28 million UK savers that are mostly held in ‘default’ investment plans, to ‘positive impact’ funds, could reduce the carbon footprint of UK… Read More
Global carbon footprint management fintech, Cogo, announced that its carbon footprint management software is now listed on AWS Marketplace, a digital catalogue with thousands of software listings from independent software vendors that “make it easy to find, test, buy, and deploy software that runs on… Read More
UOB EVOL cardholders will now be able “to offset 100 per cent or more of their household electricity carbon footprint for free when they charge SP Group’s (SP) utilities bills to their credit card, via a new exclusive feature jointly launched by UOB and SP… Read More
With the risk of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions pushing past dangerous warming thresholds, DBS (SGX:D05) together with seven partners and supporters, have “committed to further build on efforts to nurture and scale the climate tech ecosystem.” DBS and global partners “launched the… Read More
We recently connected with Li Jun, Founder of Ontology, the project that claims it is bringing trust, privacy, and security to Web3 through decentralized identity and data solutions. Li Jun has commented on the key developments in the crypto and blockchain space following the Ethereum… Read More
Tribaldata, which offers a climate coaching App allowing individuals to reduce their carbon footprint for free, has secured 101% (€428,207 ) of its €420,000 target from 85 investors through its crowdfunding campaign carried out via Crowdcube (with 11 days left in the sale). Trilbaldata reports… Read More
ING will be trialing a carbon footprint tracking app offered by Fintech firm Cogo with 350,000 mobile clients. The Footprint Insight feature is being made available to clients who currently use the bank’s Insight function, which groups their income and expenditure by spending category. Footprint… Read More
BBVA has implemented a comprehensive cloud-based solution that “simplifies the process of sending and validating information, providing carbon footprint indicators and emission reduction tracking figures.” It is a platform that will “enable active, data-driven management of its sustainability policies.” Sustainability is one of the transforming… Read More
In an Australian banking first, retail CommBank customers will be able “to view their personalized carbon footprint within the CommBank app from early August.” The rollout to all CommBank retail customers “follows a pilot launched in October 2021, which allowed over 250,000 customers to view… Read More
Their signature color may be blue, but Seccl says it’s “going green” this month. They’re thrilled to be powering GreenGrowth Investments, a new sustainable investment platform “for people who care about the planet, and one of Europe’s Top Wealthtech Startups to Watch in 2022.” The… Read More
From this month onwards, clients of The Cumberland will find it a lot easier to monitor their carbon spend with a tool used to measure and reduce their carbon footprints. The building society’s 70,000 current account customers are now being encouraged to download the Cogo… Read More
Bitcoin’s energy usage and its “indirect” environmental impact have been a topic of heated discussions, from “humble” beginnings in early forum posts of Satoshi Nakamoto (the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin), to its eventual culmination as the topic of an entire committee hearing in the US… Read More
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