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Green Finance Task Force

Saffron Building Society debuts green mortgage offer
Saffron Building Society debuts green mortgage offer

Building Society launches new Retro-Fit Mortgage that aims to encourage homeowners to improve the energy efficiency of their properties

  • Buildings
  • 04 June 2020
Inside the plan to turn London's money markets green
Inside the plan to turn London's money markets green

BusinessGreen speaks to Green Finance Institute CEO Rhian-Mari Thomas on body's launch day, as UK ramps up plan to become a global green finance leader

  • Investment
  • 02 July 2019
Green Finance Strategy: Industry Reaction
Green Finance Strategy: Industry Reaction

BusinessGreen rounds up all the key responses to the Treasury's Green Finance Strategy

  • Investment
  • 02 July 2019
Horizon planning: Are UK pensions finally set for a climate-friendly shake-up?
Horizon planning: Are UK pensions finally set for a climate-friendly shake-up?

Government stops short of making climate risk reporting mandatory for large firms, but a raft of other green finance reforms are in the pipeline

  • Investment
  • 01 November 2018
Green GB Week: Government ramps up green finance push
Green GB Week: Government ramps up green finance push

Flurry of announcements as government reveals plans for new clean tech venture capital fund and new green finance standards

  • Investment
  • 17 October 2018
TCFD: 'Encouraging' first steps, but few firms fully disclosing climate risk
TCFD: 'Encouraging' first steps, but few firms fully disclosing climate risk

Progress report from Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosure reveals 'further work needs to be done', as UK regulators launch Climate Financial Risk Forum

  • Risk
  • 27 September 2018
Turning 'green finance' into simply - 'finance'
Turning 'green finance' into simply - 'finance'

City Minister John Glen's speech to yesterday's Green Finance Summit - in full

  • Investment
  • 18 July 2018
City Minister: 'Green finance has yet to reach its full potential'
City Minister: 'Green finance has yet to reach its full potential'

As largest green bond to be listed on London Stock Exchange launches, City Minister and Economic Secretary to the Treasury John Glen sketches out green finance blueprint for the UK

  • Investment
  • 18 July 2018
Hammond unveils plans for Green Finance Institute
Hammond unveils plans for Green Finance Institute

Chancellor claims new government—funded body will help make the UK a world leader in sustainable finance

  • Investment
  • 22 June 2018
SIMEC boss: Government-backed financing solution is needed for CCS
SIMEC boss: Government-backed financing solution is needed for CCS

EXCLUSIVE: Technology is ready for carbon capture and storage, says Jay Hambro, but lack of insurance solution is holding back its deployment

  • Technology
  • 08 June 2018
'Incoherent': Report calls for green overhaul of Bank of England finance policy
'Incoherent': Report calls for green overhaul of Bank of England finance policy

NGO Positive Money argues central bank needs new mandate to drive shift away from high carbon investments - or the UK risks missing its climate targets

  • Investment
  • 15 May 2018
Barclays launches its first green mortgage
Barclays launches its first green mortgage

Lender says buyers who opt for more energy efficient homes will be able to access cheaper mortgage rate

  • Investment
  • 06 April 2018
Green Finance Taskforce: Five key takeaways from an action plan to finance clean growth
Green Finance Taskforce: Five key takeaways from an action plan to finance clean growth

Finance experts have urged the government for a huge policy overhaul to drive green investment - BusinessGreen rounds up the key takeaways of the 100-page report

  • Investment
  • 28 March 2018
Green Finance Taskforce: Experts urge policy overhaul to unlock billions in green investment
Green Finance Taskforce: Experts urge policy overhaul to unlock billions in green investment

Advisory panel of experts urges government to ensure mandatory corporate climate risk disclosure and set up new funding levers to boost green economy investment

  • Investment
  • 27 March 2018
Mind the gap: Are corporates translating climate risk disclosure into business action?
Mind the gap: Are corporates translating climate risk disclosure into business action?

Analysis by CDP and the Climate Disclosure Standards Board shows that while more and more corporates are aware of climate risks, few are driving meaningful action to address them

  • Risk
  • 19 March 2018
'Widespread misunderstanding': Pension funds face scrutiny over climate risk fiduciary duty
'Widespread misunderstanding': Pension funds face scrutiny over climate risk fiduciary duty

Parliament's Environmental Audit Committee writes to UK's top 25 pension funds demanding information on how seriously they are assessing climate risk

  • Investment
  • 05 March 2018
Navigating the ESG maze: How can companies and investors improve environmental disclosure?
Navigating the ESG maze: How can companies and investors improve environmental disclosure?

Interest in ESG, climate risk, and TCFD guidelines is growing, but many businesses and investors remain unsure over precisely how to coordinate on disclosing crucial environmental data

  • Investment
  • 26 February 2018
The end of financial short termism? How EU financial policy overhaul could spur green investment surge
The end of financial short termism? How EU financial policy overhaul could spur green investment surge

EU's High Level Expert Group report on Sustainable Finance has set out a raft of crucial recommendations to boost green investment - but will they unlock the long term vision the sector needs?

  • Investment
  • 31 January 2018
Finance experts propose major EU policy overhaul to unlock green investment surge
Finance experts propose major EU policy overhaul to unlock green investment surge

EU expert group report to set out raft of recommendations for greening European financial policy to help unlock investments in meeting climate change targets

  • Investment
  • 31 January 2018
Green finance can help The City boost its post-Brexit prospects
Green finance can help The City boost its post-Brexit prospects

The Lib Dems Baroness Lynne Featherstone argues the UK has the potential to cement its position as a world leader in green finance, but only if the government acts - starting with a UK Sovereign Green Bond

  • Politics
  • 22 January 2018
Environmental Audit Committee launches sweeping green finance inquiry
Environmental Audit Committee launches sweeping green finance inquiry

Committee to explore role of privatised Green Investment Bank, corporate climate reporting, future of European Investment Bank, and plans to make London a green finance capital

  • Investment
  • 27 November 2017
The UK-India partnership thrives on London's power to raise green finance
The UK-India partnership thrives on London's power to raise green finance

Manoj Ladwa argues that plans to make London a green finance capital will only strengthen trading bonds between the UK and the subcontinent

  • Investment
  • 21 November 2017
'Green' finance will soon become a thing of the past
'Green' finance will soon become a thing of the past

In years to come there will be no distinction between 'green finance' and regular finance, argues Sir Roger Gifford

  • Investment
  • 15 November 2017
Vince Cable sets out plan to make London global capital of green finance
Vince Cable sets out plan to make London global capital of green finance

Lib Dem leader talks up six point plan to boost sustainable finance and minimise Brexit impacts on the City of London

  • Politics
  • 15 November 2017
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