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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent

EXPLAINED: Bank chairs backtracking on climate commitments could face shareholder revolts - The Real Truth

View of tall office blocks in Canary Wharf, London, including the HSBC and Barclays buildings. The photograph is taken from the platform of Poplar station. A red-haired woman stands with her back to the camera , leaning as if she is looking at her phone. She has large headphones on and carries a rucksack over one shoulder
The UK’s largest banks will be the first under scrutiny, with HSBC, Barclays, NatWest and Lloyds due to release their annual reports this month. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

Bank chairs who water down their lenders’ climate commitments this year could face embarrassing shareholder revolts as campaigners try to hold bosses to account for environmental backtracking.

ShareAction, a campaign group for responsible investment, will be issuing detailed reports to pension funds and asset managers in the coming weeks, outlining whether 34 of the world’s largest lenders are sticking to their climate goals.

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