Investment
NatWest smashes green energy lending target with £3.5bn funding boost
Bank reveals it has provided £3.5bn of lending to UK renewable energy and energy efficiency projects over the past three years
Governments and corporates urged to back Green Bond Pledge
Climate Bonds Initiative launches new campaign, as EIB confirms plan for $100m green bonds investment push
'The tip of a very large iceberg': 'Subsidy-free' offshore wind contract awarded, as low cost renewables trend gathers pace
Vattenfall secures landmark contract, as major new report suggests 60GW of 'subsidy-free' renewables could come online by 2030
Barclays: Green investing offers businesses major benefits
Three quarters of businesses enjoy commercial benefits from going green, according to new research from Barclays
BMW takes full ownership of DriveNow carsharing service
Transaction wins approval from German and Austrian authorities
Mind the gap: Are corporates translating climate risk disclosure into business action?
Analysis by CDP and the Climate Disclosure Standards Board shows that while more and more corporates are aware of climate risks, few are driving meaningful action to address them
London tops new Global Green Finance Index
Inaugural GGFI ranks the work's financial centres according to perceptions of quality and depth of their green finance offerings
Durham becomes latest UK university to dump fossil fuels
University pledges to divest from firms involved in fossil fuel extraction and commits to becoming 'major international partner in development of green energy'
Shell Springboard: Three low carbon start-ups share £120,000 funding award
Seawater Greenhouse, Brill Power, and Cambond Ltd named regional winners in annual Shell Springboard competition
'A misjudgement': Official report slams government privatisation of Green Investment Bank
Public Accounts Committee concludes privatisation failed to adequately protect Green Investment Bank's core environmental purpose, as campaigners accuse Treasury of 'economic vandalism'
How can the UK boost green infrastructure investment?
Aldersgate Group calls for changes to financial regulations, a 'green test' for new infrastructure, and the UK's first sovereign green bond to drive low carbon transition
Greater Manchester £15m low carbon fund to deliver green building renewables boost
European Regional Development Fund-backed loan fund to aims to accelerate the roll out of emerging clean technologies
US green finance: A clearer year ahead
The US green finance surge continues regardless of federal government, argues S&P Global Ratings' Michael Ferguson
EU Sustainable Finance Action Plan: Your need to know guide
European Commission's plans to drive sustainable finance promises sweeping changes for investment world - here's what to expect
EU unveils green finance strategy to mainstream sustainable investing
Hotly anticipated report from European Commission picks up many of the recommendations made by expert group earlier this year, including green finance taxonomy and more focus on green retail banking
Risky business: Low-carbon transition threatens $1.6tr in fossil fuel investment
If climate policies follow strategy set out in Paris and ratchet up over time fossil fuel companies could be putting trillions of dollars at risk
Top universities sign up to Global Research Alliance for Sustainable Finance and Investment
Universities of Cambridge, Oxford, Yale, Stanford, and Zurich among 18 academic institutions to join new global green finance research partnership
'Widespread misunderstanding': Pension funds face scrutiny over climate risk fiduciary duty
Parliament's Environmental Audit Committee writes to UK's top 25 pension funds demanding information on how seriously they are assessing climate risk
Hong Kong announces world's largest sovereign green bonds programme
Government budget for 2018/19 includes green bond issuance programme with a ceiling of $12.8bn
Green barometer: Tokyo, Paris, and Frankfurt top new green finance rankings
New benchmark measures how the main G7 financial centres - Frankfurt, London, Milan, New York, Paris, Tokyo and Toronto - are financing the low carbon transition
The changing face of ESG analysis
Shifting company operations enough for a blacklisted firm to be classed as a sustainable investment is a tall order, explains Liontrust's Mike Appleby
Banks poised to laser in on deforestation risks
New platform set to help financial institutions uncover their exposure to environmental risks from palm oil, soy, cattle trading and timber, amid deforestation fears
Asia's first corporate sustainability bond set to minimise forest-impact of Indonesian rubber production
Tropical Landscapes Finance Facility launches 'landmark' $95m sustainability bond with support from BNP Paribas
Calling all green tech innovators and investors: BusinessGreen launches third annual Technology and Investment Forum
BusinessGreen once again teams up with Innovate UK and Investment Week to deliver latest clean and sustainable technology pitch event
