Draft guidelines unveiled to help unlock finance for industrial decarbonisation

Michael Holder
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Voluntary Transition Finance Guidelines aim to provide greater clarity and consistency for investors to help them support 'real economy decarbonisation'

Updated draft guidelines to help steer investment towards projects that can decarbonise high-emitting sectors of the UK economy have been unveiled today by the Transition Finance Council (TFC). Developed...

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