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Investors welcome UK's plans for mandatory transition reporting

Investors and NGOs have given a cautious welcome to the UK's plans to introduce mandatory reporting for financial firms on their transition strategies.

News round-up: BlackRock, UK Infrastructure Bank and Moodys

UK launches bank to tackle climate change with almost £17bn capital

News round-up: Sarasin, ABI, Green Finance Institute and PwC

Green Finance Institute launches Coalition for the Decarbonisation of Road Transport

News Round Up: COP26, IEA, Robeco, Zouk and more

Business alliance calls for major changes to UK policy following pandemic

UK-based business alliance The Aldersgate Group has called for a wide range of green-based policy responses to guide the economic rebuild in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

UK government launches COP26 after sacking president

The UK government's launch of the UN Climate Summit, to be hosted in Glasgow in November, was overshadowed by its dismissal of the president of the negotiations, who hit back with a letter warning the process is "miles off track".

GIG claims success as it spreads its wings

The Green Investment Group has had a successful first year in the private sector, with significant expansion overseas, Ed Northam tells Peter Cripps.

UK seeks £400m EV fund manager with eye on lost EIB funding

The UK ‘will be prepared’ for the European Investment Bank (EIB) to pull funding for clean energy infrastructure projects, the country’s government has suggested.