Financial institutions worldwide are under growing pressure to decarbonise. Lenders increasingly “green” their loan books, and infrastructure projects are coming under the same scrutiny. In fact, global financiers now treat weak sustainability credentials as a deal-breaker in project finance. Investors demand robust environmental and social safeguards and transparent governance before backing a new road, power plant or housing scheme. Nigeria is following suit: policymakers are rolling out green finance measures (e.g., the $100m Orteva Carbon Project combines mangrove restoration and biochar production to generate carbon credits), while banking regulators and development funds have made ESG compliance mandatory for project funding.