'Historic bid for greener banking': 21 universities threaten to switch billions of pounds to 'green' banks

Stuart Stone
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Universities collectively managing more than £5bn formally call on banking providers to deliver new environmentally friendly deposit accounts and money market funds

A coalition of 21 UK universities collectively managing more than £5bn in cash and investments has today warned banks and asset managers they are ready to move funds to greener institutions unless they...

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