Budget 2021: The ESG initiatives responsible investors need to know
BoE’s new climate remit, a green savings bond and City leadership of the global carbon market
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UK invests £10m in green finance research hubs
The UK Centre for Greening Finance and Investment will provide data and research to help investors combat climate change
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UK must balance old and new energy to reach COP26 goals
Without the participation of conventional sources, the UK will be subject to real issues of energy intermittency, says Victory Hill’s Richard Lum
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Reaction to UK £3bn commitment to biodiversity: ‘Dependence on planet for everything is coming to the top of the political agenda’
The funding comes from the £11.6bn allocated by the UK government for international climate finance
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UK’s plans to end overseas fossil fuel funding a ‘step in the right direction’
ESG industry welcomes Boris Johnson’s plans to cut overseas fossil fuel funding
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UK sustainable farming move welcomed by investment industry
The Environmental Land Management system will pay farmers for activities including developments in carbon capture, and restoring river bends and peatland
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Industry says UK’s £12bn climate plan welcome but ‘not enough’
‘We definitely need to see more’, say investment commentators in response to Boris Johnson’s 10-point climate plan
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UK’s 10-point climate plan to create ‘green industrial revolution’
Banning of petrol and diesel cars, increased hydrogen generation and promoting City of London to green finance centre are all in the plans
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IA paper backs government’s TCFD plans
The Climate Change Position Paper presents three industry requests to the government
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Industry welcomes Chancellor’s UK green bond and mandatory TCFD
Rishi Sunak sets out three new measures to ‘ensure a positive and fair transition to net zero’ in the UK
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Investment20/20 urges industry to help young unemployed with Kickstart programme
Kickstart initiative is aimed at 16-24 year olds on Universal Credit and at risk of long-term unemployment
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UK economic secretary urges fund groups to ramp up net zero commitments
UK economic secretary John Glen has urged asset managers to step up on ESG amid plans to match the EU’s net zero plans