'Welcome progress': Are UK financial services on a pathway to net zero?

Cecilia Keating
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Leading financial firms raised £11.5bn for clean energy projects last year, while simultaneously providing just shy of £10bn for fossil fuel projects - has a tipping point finally been reached?

UK financial institutions almost tripled their investment in clean energy projects in 2023, after more than $2.3bn flowed into low-carbon power generation, electricity transmission, carbon capture and...

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