Asset managers still grappling with communications as anti-greenwashing deadline looms
UKSIF and PwC report flags concerns around SDR definitions, increasing regional divergence and threshold clarity ahead of first deadline
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Election provides opportunity to address ‘unresolved tension’ between energy security and net zero
Sustainable investors want a government strategy that responds to US Inflation Reduction Act
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Pressure mounts on UK government to accelerate net-zero plans with asset manager campaign
IIGCC, with members representing $65trn, have called on policymakers to move ahead with legislation in five key areas
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SMEs have the intention but not the resources to scale net zero
UK Finance report details the resource and cost challenges SMEs face in decarbonising
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UK government’s ‘humiliating embarrassment’ after High Court ruling
High Court ruled the government’s Carbon Budget Delivery Plan ‘not credible’
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Green taxonomies are a study aid not a pass mark
Victory Hill’s Fraser-Smith explains why taxonomies are a powerful tool but no magic bullet
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UK government ‘inconsistent and opaque’ in its approach to transport decarbonisation
More than half of major transport companies are or plan to move out of UK to a market more supportive of sustainability goals
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‘We need to accept pragmatic solutions’: Warning emergency climate action could be ‘uniquely destabilising’
Professor Myles Allen argued that climate has become a wedge political issue but ‘climate is too important to pick fights over’
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National security vs climate: Investors react to UK government’s new gas power stations
Climate crisis needs to be tackled in tandem with energy security, investors warn
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Gravis Q&A: The future of net zero in the UK
Ed Simpson answers questions on UK spending on net zero, diversification and the economic advantages
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Green government: Sustainability wish list for the UK election
Calls for UK to lead shift to transition – or be left behind
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Appointments of women as UK financial service directors falls in 2023
The UK has the lowest percentage of women appointments across major European markets