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  • GFI unveils first Revenues for Nature projects

    29 May 2025

    The Green Finance Institute (GFI) has announced the first cohort of projects under its Revenues for Nature (R4N) initiative, which aims to unlock up to $200 million in private finance for global nature restoration and conservation.

  • The EU's Clean Industrial Deal: A gamechanger for Europe?

    20 May 2025

    Can the bloc's industrial strategy persuade investors to back European cleantech, Michael Hurley asks

  • UK 'Local Climate Bonds' secure £16m in backing, plans to scale up

    15 May 2025

    A programme allowing UK local authorities to raise capital directly from private investors backed by the Green Finance Institute (GFI) and crowdfunding specialist Abundance Investment has secured £16 million ($21 million) in catalytic funding.

  • Barclays begins stress-testing for nature

    27 November 2024

    Barclays has begun piloting nature stress testing as part of a drive to better understand its environmental risks.

  • Green Finance Institute calls for reform of BNG

    02 August 2024

    The UK's Green Finance Institute (GFI) has released a roadmap for Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) implementation, calling for "reform in key areas".

  • UK sovereign wealth fund aims to crowd-in £20bn of private capital

    09 July 2024

    The UK government has confirmed plans to launch a sovereign wealth fund, with aims to attract £20 billion ($26 billion) of private funding towards green infrastructure.

  • Head of Green Finance Institute calls for 'forceful stewardship'

    12 June 2024

    The head of the UK's Green Finance Institute has called on investors to be "forceful" in their engagement with companies.

  • Nature risks bigger threat to the economy than Global Financial Crisis, warns GFI

    25 April 2024

    Nature risks could cause more damage to the UK economy than the Global Financial Crisis, the Green Finance Institute has said, warning that large UK financial institutions are also not doing enough to mitigate the risks in their portfolio.

  • People Moves, 5 April: Brunel Pensions, Railpen, Actis, EFRAG, TNFD and more

    05 April 2024
  • Green Finance Institute calls for flood protection investment to be scaled

    21 March 2024