While SMFG had not previously ruled out funding projects considered to be more environmentally friendly, such as so-called ultra-supercritical (USC) power plants that burn coal more efficiently than older designs, it removed the exception from its updated lending policy.
— Read on www.reuters.com/article/japan-smfg-climate-change/update-1-japans-smfg-to-halt-all-new-financing-of-coal-fired-power-plants-idUSL1N2MZ049
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