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UK should harness 'underestimated' £77bn impact market for policy priorities

The UK government should utilise its impact investment market for addressing policy priorities, as its pool of capital remains 'underestimated', a report by the City of London Corporation has stated.

UK makes pitch to lead world in transition finance with launch of council

London stands to become "the preeminent financial hub for transition finance" if a new Transition Finance Council is successful, according to its chair and former president of the COP26 climate conference, Alok Sharma.

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UK 'exploring value of' taxonomy after repeated delays

A UK government consultation to "explore the value of implementing a taxonomy" has been welcomed by commentators but has done little to dispel concerns that years of work on the proposal may still lead it to be ditched.

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

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.

UK to study how it can be 'best place in the world' for transition finance

An independent review has been launched by the UK government to study how it can "become the best place in the world for raising transition capital" with a mandate that identifies assurance of financial transactions among ways the market can grow "with integrity".

Carbon offsets must only come after emissions reductions, UK group advises

London calling IFRS: Forget Canada, base ISSB in UK!

A group of UK finance organisations has urged the IFRS Foundation to locate its new International Sustainability Standards Board

A champion of green finance, a great man: tributes flood in for Sir Roger Gifford

UK standards setter publishes sustainable finance guide

The UK's national standards body has published draft recommendations for integrating sustainability considerations into investment management.