UK Government announces a sovereign green bond
The Green Finance Institute, Impact Investing Institute and the LSE Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment are delighted to welcome the UK Government’s announcement today at the Green Horizon Summit, to issue a sovereign green bond. We...
Green Horizon Summit 2020: Preview with the Green Finance Institute’sDr Rhian-Mari Thomas OBE and Sir Roger Gifford
The Green Horizon Summit takes place from November 9th -11th. It brings together CEOs, policymakers and governments from around the world to demonstrate their practical commitment to creating a resilient future for all. This is an important moment for the financial...
Green Finance Institute Chief Executive Dr Rhian-Mari Thomas appointed co-chair of the Informal Working Group of the UN-backed Task Force for Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)
Dr Rhian-Mari Thomas OBE, chief executive at the Green Finance Institute, has been appointed one of three co-chairs of the Informal Working Group of the Task Force for Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), alongside Antoine Sire, director of company engagement...
Investors with £10 trillion in assets call for the UK to issue a green+ sovereign bond to drive climate action and social renewal in the Covid-19 recovery
A UK green sovereign bond would finance the green recovery plans the Prime Minister outlined in his keynote speech this week, creating green-collar jobs across the country. The Green Finance Institute, Impact Investing Institute and the LSE Grantham Research Institute...
Green Home Retrofit Finance Principles to provide vital industry framework for retrofit funding
Ahead of the launch of the Government’s Green Homes Grants scheme, the Green Finance Institute today launches the Green Home Retrofit Finance Principles (GHRFPs), backed by leading institutions including Lloyds Banking Group, NatWest Group, Ecology Building Society,...
Green Finance Institute, Natural Resources Defense Council and Rocky Mountain Institute to develop global Green Bank Design Platform addressing climate solutions
A State of Green Banks 2020 report will be published in November providing a comprehensive review of green banks worldwide and guiding the Platform’s development Today, three leading clean energy, finance and environmental organisations announced the formation of a...
City of London Corporation, Green Finance Institute and World Economic Forum convene more than 60 policy and industry leaders to speak at inaugural Green Horizon Summit
Summit will focus on the pivotal role of finance in driving real-economy outcomes, supporting the transition to a sustainable and climate resilient future for all Registration opens today for the first Green Horizon Summit, co-hosted by the City of London...
Green Finance Institute launches the Zero Carbon Heating Taskforce
Action group will develop a portfolio of innovative financial solutions that unlock investment Heating and hot water in our buildings accounts for almost 40 percent of the UK’s energy consumption and 20 percent of total greenhouse gas emissions. To meet the UK...
Financing the green recovery with launch of world’s first Green Finance Education Charter
Click here to watch a short film about the launch of the Green Finance Education Charter. The UK Government, the Green Finance Institute, and 12 leading financial professional bodies today launch the first Green Finance Education Charter. The Charter was announced in...
Green Finance Institute’s Coalition for the Energy Efficiency of Buildings releases first report on scaling-up retrofit financing
The Coalition for the Energy Efficiency of Buildings (CEEB), established by the UK Government and City of London Corporation-backed Green Finance Institute in December 2019, today releases its phase-one report, Financing energy efficient buildings – the path to...