'Green Day': Revamped Green Finance Strategy offers 'mixed bag' of policies to boost investment and corporate disclosure

Michael Holder
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The first iteration of the Green Finance Strategy appeared in 2019 | Credit: iStock
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The first iteration of the Green Finance Strategy appeared in 2019 | Credit: iStock

Updated Green Finance Strategy beefs up government's plans to make the UK a net zero financial centre and create new markets for nature investment

The government has set out its stall for attracting billions of pounds of private investment into Britain's expanding green economy while simultaneously combatting climate and nature-related financial...

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