UK finance firms trial wave of green tech innovations

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Wates Group’s annual Financial Services Sustainable Technology Competition finalists | Credit: Wates Group
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Wates Group’s annual Financial Services Sustainable Technology Competition finalists | Credit: Wates Group

Low carbon innovations to deployed through Financial Services Sustainable Technology Competition

A group of five leading UK banks, including Lloyds and NatWest, have announced they are to trial a series of nine green technologies selected as finalists in the annual Financial Services Sustainable Technology...

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