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Government poised to unveil plans for net zero-focused National Infrastructure Bank
Government poised to unveil plans for net zero-focused National Infrastructure Bank

Chancellor reportedly set to launch new bank and reform Green Book to allow increased support for low carbon infrastructure

  • Policy
  • 23 November 2020
First global survey of green banks highlights sector's key role in financing low-carbon technologies
First global survey of green banks highlights sector's key role in financing low-carbon technologies

Green banks can play an important role in the low-carbon transition by absorbing the risk of investing in unproven technologies, report finds

  • Investment
  • 12 November 2020
Green Finance Institute spearheads drive to scale up national green banks worldwide
Green Finance Institute spearheads drive to scale up national green banks worldwide

UK's Green Finance Institute and US NGOs to develop Green Bank Design Platform in order to help governments set up financial vehicles to support climate and environmental solutions

  • Investment
  • 24 September 2020
Reports: Government mulls plans for 'Green Investment Bank 2.0'
Reports: Government mulls plans for 'Green Investment Bank 2.0'

Energy and Clean Growth Minister Kwasi Kwarteng confirms there is 'an ongoing debate within government' about how to revive the Green Investment Bank

  • Investment
  • 15 July 2020
Budget: Chancellor urged to unleash net zero infrastructure boom
Budget: Chancellor urged to unleash net zero infrastructure boom

New LSE study argues Budget should mark the beginning of massive and long-term investment in zero-carbon infrastructure, as reports suggest Treasury is still considering fuel duty hike

  • Taxation
  • 04 March 2020
Labour fleshes out banking shake-up plans to drive green growth
Labour fleshes out banking shake-up plans to drive green growth

Banking plan will kick start Labour's 'Green Industrial Revolution', Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell claims

  • Politics
  • 01 April 2019
Green Bank Design Summit: Developing nations join forces to explore green bank plans
Green Bank Design Summit: Developing nations join forces to explore green bank plans

Officials from two dozen countries that are together responsible for 43 per cent of global carbon emissions are to attend a Paris Summit designed to accelerate green finance flows

  • Investment
  • 18 March 2019
Green Investment Group under fire over 'low' level of UK focus
Green Investment Group under fire over 'low' level of UK focus

Trustees for former state-owned bank raise concerns over lower level of investment for UK projects compared to rest of Europe

  • Investment
  • 07 January 2019
Green Investment Group: Bank confirms £1.6bn of backing for green energy projects since privatisation
Green Investment Group: Bank confirms £1.6bn of backing for green energy projects since privatisation

Former state-owned investment vehicle publishes first progress report since Australian bank Macquarie took the reins last year

  • Investment
  • 04 October 2018
Green Investment Group launches in North America with new wind and solar investments
Green Investment Group launches in North America with new wind and solar investments

Macquarie reaches financial close on 200MW wind farm and launches new solar investment venture as part of North American expansion plans

  • Investment
  • 29 June 2018
'A misjudgement': Official report slams government privatisation of Green Investment Bank
'A misjudgement': Official report slams government privatisation of Green Investment Bank

Public Accounts Committee concludes privatisation failed to adequately protect Green Investment Bank's core environmental purpose, as campaigners accuse Treasury of 'economic vandalism'

  • Investment
  • 14 March 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
Low-carbon pioneers rewarded in New Year Honours list
Low-carbon pioneers rewarded in New Year Honours list

Carbon Trust CEO Tom Delay, Forum for the Future's Sally Uren and former Green Investment Bank chief Shaun Kingsbury all recognised for contribution to UK green industry

  • Work
  • 02 January 2018
Green Investment Group and Covanta eye pipeline of waste-to-energy projects
Green Investment Group and Covanta eye pipeline of waste-to-energy projects

First step in partnership will see GIG invest €136m to acquire 50 per cent stake in Covanta's operational waste facility in Dublin

  • Investment
  • 19 December 2017
National Audit Office: No 'legal obligation' for Macquarie to continue Green Investment Bank's long-term mission
National Audit Office: No 'legal obligation' for Macquarie to continue Green Investment Bank's long-term mission

Report reveals fresh details about controversial sale, including the impact of delays on bank's lending ability and failure by government to secure legally binding green guarantees

  • Policy
  • 12 December 2017
Where's a Green Investment Bank when you need one?
Where's a Green Investment Bank when you need one?

The Budget was the first real test of the government's decision to privatise the Green Investment Bank - it only served to highlight the short-sightedness of the decision

  • Policy
  • 23 November 2017
GE and Green Investment Group team up for 650MW Swedish onshore wind project
GE and Green Investment Group team up for 650MW Swedish onshore wind project

Two companies raise €800m financing to acquire 'massive' wind project from Swedish renewable energy developer Svevind

  • Wind
  • 08 November 2017
Green Investment Group makes first investment under Macquarie control, backs energy-from-waste plant
Green Investment Group makes first investment under Macquarie control, backs energy-from-waste plant

Green Investment Group commits £38m to Wheelabrator Technologies as part of £207m loan for new energy-from-waste plant in West Yorkshire

  • Investment
  • 08 September 2017
Green Investment Group sells 70MW of energy assets to Bioenergy Infrastructure Group
Green Investment Group sells 70MW of energy assets to Bioenergy Infrastructure Group

Mass sale of 20 assets, including anaerobic digestion, biomass and waste-to-energy sites, follows Green Investment Bank's transition to private hands on Friday

  • Investment
  • 21 August 2017
Now it's in private hands, will the Green Investment Bank hold onto its green mission?
Now it's in private hands, will the Green Investment Bank hold onto its green mission?

Its new owners Macquarie insist it has a plan to use the bank to invest heavily in pioneering green infrastructure, but plenty are still suspicious of the sale

  • Legislation
  • 18 August 2017
The next chapter for the Green Investment Bank
The next chapter for the Green Investment Bank

New head of the Green Investment Group - formally Green Investment Bank - Edward Northam explains what lies ahead for the newly privatised body

  • Legislation
  • 18 August 2017
Government formally hands over reins of Green Investment Bank to Macquarie
Government formally hands over reins of Green Investment Bank to Macquarie

Controversial sale of the Green Investment Bank to Australia's Macquarie closes and bank's name changed to the 'Green Investment Group'

  • Politics
  • 18 August 2017
Green Investment Bank sale: Triumph or disaster? Only time will tell
Green Investment Bank sale: Triumph or disaster? Only time will tell

The case for full privatisation of the GIB has not been convincingly made, but with the deal done the onus is now on Macquarie to deliver on its impressive set of promises

  • Investment
  • 20 April 2017
Macquarie vows to invest £3bn through Green Investment Bank
Macquarie vows to invest £3bn through Green Investment Bank

Promise comes as sale of GIB to Australian bank is confirmed

  • Investment
  • 20 April 2017
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