Green finance

It will be located in Shanghai Lujiazui Financial City, which will work with other cities in the region to promote the development of sustainable and green finance

The Clean Growth Fund will support companies seeking to commercialise ‘promising innovative’ green solutions

The trade body says that would reduce bills by nearly £60 a year

It says leveraging funding to reduce the region’s environmental footprint while enhancing the competitiveness of its economy is vital

Proposals should be submitted by 29th June 2018

Investment in clean energy and sustainable development has fallen to its lowest point in a decade

The new Global Green Finance Index found financial centres in Western Europe outperformed those in other regions

Barclays Corporate Banking has launched a suite of green finance products to help its clients fund more sustainable projects across the world. They include Green Loans targeting clients who need more than £3 million across the UK, International Green Loans and Green Asset Finance allowing clients to access more flexible ways of financing assets that […]

The Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) has launched a new inquiry into green finance. It will scrutinise the government’s strategy to develop “world leading green finance capabilities” and is interested in how investment in longer term sustainable development can be incentivised across the economy. The inquiry will examine a number of areas, including the measures set […]

China’s green bonds grew in volume by 278% and 28% in value over the last year. That’s according to the International Institute of Green Finance (IIGF) and UN Environment, which says the nation has become a new growth driver in the global green bonds market – it issued 36 green bonds worth RMB77.67 billion (£8.9bn) […]