Lloyds

'Don't bank on it': UK banks under fire for financing fossil fuel expansion

Investment

'Don't bank on it': UK banks under fire for financing fossil fuel expansion

Celebrity-led campaign from Make My Money Matter criticises high street banks' continued investment in fossil fuels

clock 25 January 2023 • 4 min read
Make My Money Matter: Campaign calls on high street banks to stop financing fossil fuels

Investment

Make My Money Matter: Campaign calls on high street banks to stop financing fossil fuels

HSBC, Barclays, Santander, NatWest, and Lloyds come under fire for continuing to fund fossil fuel expansion

clock 22 November 2022 • 4 min read

Management

'Phenomenal result': Lloyds Bank and Woodland Trust hit one million tree-planting target

Partners celebrate achieving first annual target of 10-year tree planting programme

clock 15 February 2021 • 3 min read

Buildings

Banks launch industry standards for financing green home retrofits

Green Home Retrofit Finance Principles spearheaded by Green Finance Institute aim to 'strengthen integrity of retrofit finance market'

clock 28 September 2020 • 3 min read

BusinessGreen

Majority of UK's biggest firms lack net zero strategies, report finds

Analysis of FTSE 100 companies finds just 16 per cent have realistic decarbonisation strategies in place, yet 45 per cent are targeting net zero emissions

clock 23 September 2020 • 3 min read

Supply chain

Study: Consumer carbon emissions have plummeted through 2020 - and some savings could continue

Lockdown caused emissions to plummet across several consumer categories, as survey suggests some people are now keen to embrace behaviour changes that have led to lower emissions

clock 25 August 2020 • 2 min read

Investment

'Glacial pace': ShareAction slams European banks over sluggish action on climate crisis

Scorecard published by responsible investment group shows that banking sector is falling well short of best practices for climate risk management and disclosure

clock 26 April 2020 • 3 min read

Skills

In the Green Room with... Lloyds Bank's Gary Lapthorn

Lloyds Bank's head of responsible business lifts the lid on his work to make banking greener

clock 12 November 2018 • 5 min read
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