The RLBA has welcomed the opportunity to work with the Green Finance Institute’s Coalition for the Energy Efficiency of Buildings on the data schema for Retrofit Plans. Our members believe its publication will unlock the necessary service innovation to support the...
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The UK needs a second green investment bank to help investors decarbonise
A National Investment Bank could make low-carbon technologies more attractive to private investors, argues the head of the Green Finance Institute We often hear there is no shortage of capital to solve the climate crisis, and theoretically this is true....
Carbon pricing is the missing piece in the Chancellor’s green recovery plan
If the UK wants to be a global climate leader and finance hub at COP26, a carbon charge should be a core part of its climate strategy, argues the Green Finance Institute's chief executive, Rhian-Mari Thomas. The British government is now at a crossroads of...
Building a Greener Future (part one)
Author: Emma Harvey, director, Green Finance Institute As the Christmas festivities fade into distant memory, households across the country will be packing away the tinsel and turning up the thermostat as the chilly weather arrives with the new year. The cold winter...
Green is the new black
Author: Emma Harvey, director, Green Finance Institute Following a recent trip to the supermarket, I walked out with a bright green notebook that proclaimed “Green is the new Black” on its front cover. This simple idiom brought a frequently debated question to mind:...
Why it’s time to invest in climate resilient infrastructure
Embedding science into the process of evaluating risk and return is the fundamental premise of green finance, and is at the heart of our mission at the Green Finance Institute. As the latest science points to an acceleration of the impacts of climate change, in...
Time for the City to act on climate change is now
As we approach the height of summer, it seems that extreme weather events are again having a damaging and disruptive effect across the world. Europe is currently in the midst of a record-breaking heatwave, with France even going so far as to postpone national school...
The Paradox of Green Finance
Tim Nixon, Chief Communications Officer, Global Head of Partnerships and Policy, Constellation Research. There are two seemingly impossible things happening at the same time. One, on a steady upward curve, investors are flocking to options to incorporate...