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GSB shuns fossil fuel power businesses

Policy aims to reduce bank’s CO2 emissions

A bank branch near GSB’s headquarters in Bangkok’s Phaya Thai district. The GSB has set an ambitious goal to significantly reduce its direct and indirect carbon dioxide emissions by 2050. (Photo: Nutthawat Wicheanbut)

Government Savings Bank (GSB) plans to phase out lending money to fossil fuel power generation businesses, with no new loans to be granted to coal-fired power plants from this year.

The effort aims to slash the bank’s indirect emissions of 1.68 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2e) by 2050.

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