“Collaboration has been key to our success at the Green Finance Institute. Our expansion into Europe builds on our work to-date, by fostering new partnerships as we seek to learn from and share best practice. Our aim is to scale successful solutions that will channel capital towards decarbonising our economies at the pace demanded by the science. With buildings in the EU responsible for 36% of greenhouse gas emissions, our initial focus will be on overcoming the barriers to investment in renovation upgrades by developing the innovative financial solutions and the enabling conditions to make buildings greener.”

“The Green Finance Institute in Europe will work to catalyse investment at the pace and scale required to achieve a green and just transition. We’re delighted to have hired two green finance and real estate experts in Denmark and Spain with an initial focus on decarbonising the built environment at a regional, national and European level.”

“We cannot stay in line with the 2015 Paris Agreement if we do not reduce emissions in the built environment. Property owners need innovative new products to help incentivise transition of their real estate assets. Laudes Foundation works with the Green Finance Institute because they are specialists at developing innovative new concepts to shift markets, such as Property Linked Finance in the UK, which can drive decarbonisation at scale.”

“To ensure the entire building stock is carbon neutral by 2050, we need to make energy efficiency upgrades to more than 300,000 homes per year which will require radical collaboration between public and private sector to mobilise the capital required. The GFI in Spain will work with market participants to seize the opportunities offered by the green transition.”

“In a context where sustainable investment has become vitally important, organisations such as the GFI have a key role to play. In Spain, a partnership with GFI represents an excellent opportunity to make further progress towards a decarbonised economy through a comprehensive sustainable finance strategy.”

“There is a real willingness among financial institutions in Denmark to play a key role in the green transition, and the GFI will work with them and other stakeholders to develop, implement and scale innovative green finance mechanisms and remove barriers to investment to deliver change at the pace and scale that is needed. With construction and use of buildings responsible for 40 percent of Denmark’s overall energy consumption and 30 percent of CO2 emissions , decarbonising the built environment will be vital to achieve net zero.”

“The success of any climate or nature-positive action hinges on collaboration, coordination, and enhanced access to finance and technology; this typically requires capable platforms and convenings to act as bridges between corporations, sectors, governments, and funders. Our partnership with the Green Finance Institute is an example of the collaborative solutions that are vital to help us reach short-term climate targets and build a greener and safer future.”