-
15 Dec 17
The UK will pledge a £140m fund to tackle the effects of climate change on poorer countries, at the One Planet Summit in Paris on Tuesday.
-
18 Aug 17
The government’s sale of the Green Investment Bank to Australian business group Macquarie for £2.3bn has been confirmed today.
-
20 Apr 17
The UK Green Investment Bank has been sold by the government for £2.3bn to the Australian business lender Macquarie Group.
-
6 Apr 17
More than 80% of the public support the idea of councils cutting grass areas less frequently to protect the nation’s bees, according to a survey by Friends of the Earth and Buglife.
-
20 Jan 17
The government did not achieve value for money from a £100m competition intended to promote carbon capture and storage technology, according to a National Audit Office report.
-
14 Sep 16
The UK and China are to work together to grow the global green bond market after a commitment to scaling up green finance was included in the G20 communiqué for the first time this year.
-
20 Jul 16
Uptake on the government’s Green Deal loan scheme was “woefully low” and projections of its success “wildly optimistic”, a committee has found.
-
10 Jun 16
MPs have criticised the government’s “reactive” approach to funding flood defence and called for more long-term strategic planning of spending.
-
14 Jan 16
The United Nations has praised the UK for taking the lead in many areas of green and environmentally sustainable finance.
-
5 Aug 15
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council has become the first local authority in England to secure finance from the Green Investment Bank to replace its streetlights with lower energy light emitting diode (...
-
14 Jan 10
A deal might not have come out of Copenhagen, but the public sector still faces scrutiny of its CO2 emissions. Many larger public bodies are covered by the Carbon Reduction Commitment, which comes...
15 Dec 17The UK will pledge a £140m fund to tackle the effects of climate change on poorer countries, at the One Planet Summit in Paris on Tuesday.
18 Aug 17The government’s sale of the Green Investment Bank to Australian business group Macquarie for £2.3bn has been confirmed today.
20 Apr 17The UK Green Investment Bank has been sold by the government for £2.3bn to the Australian business lender Macquarie Group.
6 Apr 17More than 80% of the public support the idea of councils cutting grass areas less frequently to protect the nation’s bees, according to a survey by Friends of the Earth and Buglife.
20 Jan 17The government did not achieve value for money from a £100m competition intended to promote carbon capture and storage technology, according to a National Audit Office report.
20 Jul 16Uptake on the government’s Green Deal loan scheme was “woefully low” and projections of its success “wildly optimistic”, a committee has found.
10 Jun 16MPs have criticised the government’s “reactive” approach to funding flood defence and called for more long-term strategic planning of spending.
5 Aug 15Southend-on-Sea Borough Council has become the first local authority in England to secure finance from the Green Investment Bank to replace its streetlights with lower energy light emitting diode (...
