RBS touts position as UK's top renewables lender

James S Murray
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Sustainability report confirms bank cut direct carbon emissions 16 per cent last year while stepping up investment in green projects

RBS has revealed that it oversaw a surge in lending to renewable energy projects last year, accounting for around a quarter of all bank investment in the sector and establishing the company as the largest...

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