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  • UK regulators to launch pilot to make riskier 'transition' technologies investable

    16 July 2025

    The UK government, Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority are to launch a pilot project to make transition-themed climate solutions investable for large financial institutions.

  • Despite headwinds, climate finance is moving - and London is leading

    20 June 2025

    London Climate Action Week will cover a range of topics, from nature markets to industrial decarbonisation, from transition plans to financing for emerging markets, write Rhian-Mari Thomas and David Harris

  • 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.

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

    05 April 2024

  • Nature markets valued at almost 10% of global GDP

    23 September 2022

  • Green Finance Institute framework targets improved UK real estate sustainability data

    05 October 2021

    The UK's Green Finance Institute has launched a framework that aims to encourage investment in low-carbon retrofitting of energy-intensive real estate...

  • Taskforce outlines 12 tools for zero carbon heating investment

    08 December 2020

    An expert taskforce convened by the Coalition for the Energy Efficiency of Buildings (CEEB) has published a report detailing a dozen financial tools to bolster investment in the decarbonisation of UK domestic building heating.

  • Co-chairs confirmed for TNFD working group

    13 October 2020

    Three co-chairs have been nominated to lead the Informal Working Group (IWG) that is tasked with launching a work plan for the Task Force on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD):

  • Principles for financing green home retrofitting launched

    29 September 2020

    The UK's Green Finance Institute (GFI) has launched the Green Home Retrofit Finance Principles (GHRFPs), backed by institutions including Lloyds Bank and NatWest, which until recently was known as RBS.