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Europe’s biggest banks not taking biodiversity crisis seriously, report warns

Europe’s biggest banks not taking biodiversity crisis seriously, report warns

Most of Europe’s largest banks are not considering financial risks relating to nature loss or setting out policies mandating that the businesses they invest in are protecting and/or restoring the environment, a new report has revealed.

‘A long way to go’: G20 central banks still hampering clean energy transition, report reveals

New York approves $5bn clean energy fund

New York State has announced the approval of a 10-year, $5bn Clean Energy Fund designed to accelerate the growth of clean technology in the state.

Green bank kick-starts Rampion south coast wind farm

The UK Green Investment Bank has today (18 May) taken a £236m stake in in the first offshore wind farm off the south coast of England, in a joint venture with energy giant E.ON.

GIB alliance makes £50m available for energy efficiency projects

The UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) is putting up £25m in funding for public and private sector organisations wanting to implement energy efficiency projects.

UK GIB invests in ‘first of its kind’ wood-to-energy plant

The UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) has today announced an investment project that will see a new 10.3MW renewable energy plant built in Tyseley, Birmingham.

Construction starts on NI’s largest renewable energy project

Work has started today on Northern Ireland's largest renewable energy project, an £81m biomass renewable power plant in Derry/Londonderry.

UK GIB signs up to ethical investment framework

The UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) has signed up to the 'Equator Principles': the global ethical investment framework.

UK GIB refinances Masdar stake in London Array wind farm

The UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) is investing £58.6m in the world's largest offshore wind farm, the London Array.

Green Investment Bank appoints new waste and bio-energy MD

The UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) has appointed Chris Holmes the new managing director for waste and bio-energy.

GIB investment set to increase NI renewable electricity by 10%

The UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) and investment firm Foresight have invested £20m into the construction of a wood fuelled combined heat and power (CHP) station to be built in Derry/Londonderry, Northern Ireland.

UK Green Investment Bank funds biomass whisky distillery project

The UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) is backing a £1.2m investment to install a biomass boiler at whisky distillery Tomatin near Inverness.

GIB weighs up AD sector with £50m investment consideration

The Green Investment Bank (GIB) has published its first market report on the UK anaerobic digestion (AD) market as it looks to assess just how bankable the technology is.

Shanks PFI waste project latest to benefit from GIB funds

Shanks is the latest beneficiary of UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) funding, receiving funding to help deliver its newly-secured PFI waste treatment contract with Wakefield Council.

Banking on the GIB: boom or bust?

The Green Investment Bank is due to launch next month. Rolf Stein argues that there needs to be strict investment criteria to ensure it fulfils its objectives

Low carbon champion appointed to head up GIB

Business Secretary Vince Cable has announced the new chief executive and executive team who will head up the UK's Green Investment Bank (GIB).

Organic waste venture first to profit from GIB funds

A combined anaerobic digestion and in-vessel composting facility is the waste sector's first beneficiary of Green Investment Bank (GIB) funding.

Green bank on track to cut CO2 emissions with solar roof

Triodos, a bank that invests in environmentally and socially sustainable projects, has reduced its carbon emissions through its recently installed solar panel array at its headquarters in Bristol.

Waste finance firm seeks ‘high growth’ opportunities

Waste companies looking to get projects financed have received a boost with the launch of a specialist investment firm looking to inject capital into the sector.

Green Investment Bank – a bang or a whimper?

Waste may be favoured under the Green Investment Bank's remit, but don't get your hopes up yet, cautions Peter Jones
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