The Green Finance Institute has published a free, interactive Farming Toolkit – commissioned by Defra – to equip and empower the farming community to understand nature markets (such as carbon credits and biodiversity net gain) and help them assess whether they could provide a suitable new income stream for their business.
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Property Linked Finance has the potential to unlock up to £70 billion of investment for UK home energy efficiency improvements
28th November 2023: The Green Finance Institute (GFI) has released a report revealing that introducing Property Linked Finance (PLF) to the UK market could enable billions of pounds worth of investment into improving the energy efficiency of the UK’s homes and...
Battery health concerns are the single biggest barrier to unlocking the used electric vehicle market
Industry report finds that addressing barriers to the second-hand EV market could help encourage over 17 million UK drivers to make the switch to electric. Battery health, affordability, charging infrastructure, and access to reliable information identified as the top...
New independent group to advise government on accelerating investment into sustainable UK agriculture and fisheries
Expert group will advise on setting clear definitions of economic activities that can be defined as environmentally sustainable to deliver UK climate and nature goals. London, 12 April, 2023 – The Land, Nature, and Adapted Systems Advisory Group (LNAS Advisory Group)...
Green Finance Institute launches new resource to supercharge green home retrofit solutions
With the US and EU raising the stakes through massive green subsidy push, the UK will need to significantly raise its game to attract capital through strengthened global investment credentials Government’s independent advisory group sets out ten recommendations to support UK leadership in green finance and financial services, and facilitate green investment in UK and abroad
UK must act now to secure role as world’s leading net zero financial centre
With the US and EU raising the stakes through massive green subsidy push, the UK will need to significantly raise its game to attract capital through strengthened global investment credentials Government’s independent advisory group sets out ten recommendations to support UK leadership in green finance and financial services, and facilitate green investment in UK and abroad
Statement from the Green Technical Advisory Group in response to written ministerial statement on a UK Green Taxonomy
GTAG welcomes the clarity today’s written ministerial statement [Commons: Written statements - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament] provides with regards to how the Government will address the impending legislative deadline for implementing the...
Leading banks and building societies call upon Sunak to support home retrofit drive
Friday 28 October, London - The Green Finance Institute, with support from the climate think tank E3G, has published recommendations to the new Prime Minister to spur private investment at scale to fix the UK’s cold and leaky buildings. The recommendations were formed...
GMCA and Green Finance Institute announce partnership for energy-efficiency homes
The Green Finance Institute will deliver financial solutions to unlock funding for owner-occupied and privately-rented homes in the area. This announcement follows the publication of ‘Retrofit GM’, a new strategy to tackle the climate crisis led by Mayor of Greater...
UK risks missing narrow window to become global player in EV battery revolution
Private finance could capture major share of rapidly growing battery supply chain market but solutions needed to de-risk investment. London, May 10, 2022 – The UK can become a global player in electric vehicle (EV) batteries if billions of pounds are invested now to...
Launch of new UK initiative to help mobilise private investment into nature
GFI Hive will share technical knowledge on investing in nature to help meet the UK’s net zero and nature-positive ambitions, identifying barriers and co-designing solutions for scalable and replicable private investment in nature.
Green Finance Institute launches Green Mortgage hub
The UK’s housing stock is one of the oldest in Europe. Approximately 20% of our homes were built pre-1919, 85% use a gas boiler for heating, and approximately 50% have uninsulated walls, according to the UKGBC’s Whole-Life Carbon Roadmap. The UK Climate Change...