'An indelible mark': Tributes flow for Sir Roger Gifford, trailblazer for the UK's green finance sector

Cecilia Keating
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The well-known banker and 685th Lord Mayor of London has been remembered as a tireless champion of the green finance cause, long before it went mainstream

Tributes have poured in for green finance champion and chairman of the Green Finance Institute Sir Roger Gifford, who passed away this week at the age of 65. Former colleagues have remembered the former...

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