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'Moral hazard': MPs urge Bank of England to clean up dirty investments ahead of COP26

Cecilia Keating

24 January 2021 • 4 min read

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Protesters at the Bank of England in 2019 | Credit: Positive Money

Environmental Audit Committee calls on central bank to align its corporate bond purchasing programme with global climate goals

The Bank of England (BoE) is facing pressure from MPs and campaigners to take urgent action to clean up its investments before the COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow, amid fears that vast sums of public money...

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