The Green Finance Institute can proudly announce that we have partnered with Ashden to support UK schools to achieve net-zero emissions by 2030. There is currently a £2bn per year funding gap for schools, so the aim for their joint Let's Go Zero 'Innovating Financing' project aims to accelerate the transition to zero-carbon school environments. Read more about the partnership here: https://lnkd.in/eDueHWEm #schools #netzero #greenfinance
Green Finance Institute
Financial Services
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Channelling capital into local solutions to accelerate the transition to a net-zero carbon & climate-resilient economy
About us
Our mission is to drive the transition to a clean, resilient and environmentally sustainable economy by channeling capital at pace and scale towards real-economy outcomes, creating jobs and increased prosperity for all. We achieve this by creating the enabling environments and financial solutions needed to accelerate the transition to a net-zero and nature positive economy, and by testing, demonstrating, and scaling financial solutions across sectors and geographies, with a tenacious focus on practical outcomes. For more information, visit https://www.greenfinanceinstitute.com/
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https://www.greenfinanceinstitute.com/
External link for Green Finance Institute
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- Financial Services
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- London, Greater London
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- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2019
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London, Greater London EC2V 7HH, GB
Employees at Green Finance Institute
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David Craig
Co-Chair TNFD. Triple Private Equity IC Chair. Founder and former CEO Refinitiv. Financial industry advisor and investor - technology, data…
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Helen Avery
Director, Nature Programmes and GFI Hive, Green Finance Institute
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Emma Kane
CEO SEC Newgate UK, Dep Group CEO/Head of Western EMEA SEC Newgate SpA, Deputy Chair of Elton John AIDS Foundation, Deputy Chair of Green Finance…
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Alan Somerville
ESG Director @ Tritax
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The National Wealth Fund offers an opportunity to reshape the way public sector capital can be used to keep innovative businesses in the UK - by moving away from grants and subsidies, to sharing risk and catalysing private investment. The Battery Investment Facility, developed by the GFI, is an example of how this catalytic public finance could work in practice, de-risking investments across the battery supply chain by blending public and private capital to give investors confidence in supporting a growing industry and helping reach our #NetZero ambitions. Read more on the Battery Investment Facility in New Statesman Spotlight by Juliet Flamank, Associate Director of Transport at GFI, here: https://lnkd.in/eM5ZRhAz #Transport #EV #Battery
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The Green Finance Institute recently partnered with the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) on a series of ‘Meet the Funder’ events where automotive companies raising financing were matched with relevant investors in the space. The GFI has explored the different barriers to investment in the UK transport sector, and identified two core challenges for this sector: 💸 the lack of investors open to investing in this sector 🤝 connecting those investors with companies looking for finance. We were delighted to partner with SMMT on this, addressing how to better match investors with potential investments and to produce this guide, which seeks to provide advice for companies ahead of their first meeting with a prospective investor. View the guide here: https://lnkd.in/eabC6KAF #transport
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This week, Helen Avery, our director for Nature Programmes joined the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’ Summer Stakeholder reception on behalf of the GFI. We are proud to support Secretary of State Steve Reed on the departments’ ambitions to: ♻ Clean up Britain’s rivers, lakes and seas ⭕ Create a circular economy 👩🌾 Support farmers and strengthen Britain’s food security 🍃 Restore nature 🌊Protect communities with stronger flood defences Find out more about our work supporting the transition of the global economy to one that values and invests in the natural environment here: https://lnkd.in/eQgMa6RR #nature #farmers #environment #economy
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Over five months have passed since the launch of mandatory #BiodiversityNetGain, marking a seminal shift in how nature is factored into local planning and development in England. By ensuring that developers contribute positively to biodiversity in a consistent and standardised way, BNG can transform the way the natural environment is perceived, from a passive responsibility to an active investment, and channel private sector finance into nature at scale. BNG could also provide up to £9.6bn worth of annual social benefits per year over the next ten years to people and communities, by creating jobs, increasing access to nature and boosting climate resilience. At this nascent stage, however, there are several barriers preventing BNG from achieving its full potential. To enable the protection of the natural environment while still meeting annual housebuilding targets, the Green Finance Institute, with the input of over 100 stakeholders, has developed a Roadmap for government as a way of understanding how these early challenges can be solved to deliver environmental and social outcomes. We look forward to partnering with the government to ensure that BNG reaches its full potential and delivers for the environment and communities as it develops. Read the full roadmap here: https://lnkd.in/eN8CTspy #nature #environment
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Over five months have passed since the launch of mandatory #BiodiversityNetGain, marking a seminal shift in how nature is factored into local planning and development in England. By ensuring that developers contribute positively to biodiversity in a consistent and standardised way, BNG can transform the way the natural environment is perceived, from a passive responsibility to an active investment, and channel private sector finance into nature at scale. BNG could also provide up to £9.6bn worth of annual social benefits per year over the next ten years to people and communities, by creating jobs, increasing access to nature and boosting climate resilience. At this nascent stage, however, there are several barriers preventing BNG from achieving its full potential. To enable the protection of the natural environment while still meeting annual housebuilding targets, the Green Finance Institute, with the input of over 100 stakeholders, has developed a Roadmap for government as a way of understanding how these early challenges can be solved to deliver environmental and social outcomes. We look forward to partnering with the government to ensure that BNG reaches its full potential and delivers for the environment and communities as it develops. Read the full roadmap here: https://lnkd.in/eN8CTspy #nature #environment
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With over £3trn of capital in the UK's insurance and pension fund sector and a complimentary desire to invest in secure and stable long term cashflows, it should be relatively straightforward to generate private investment in the green infrastructure transition across the UK. However, to catalyse this we need to establish funding platform solutions that bridge the 'execution gap' represented by: (a) a lack of performance data in new infrastructure that defeats the prudential investment mandates of many private funds (b) a lack of incentive to create new asset classes in critical sectors in the absence of targeted public policy solutions. The Green Finance Institute has been working with the Association of British Insurers Investment Delivery Forum and engaging with the relevant public bodies to facilitate this. These solutions bring together the supply, demand and centralised policy support needed to unlock scaled investment that could save the UK taxpayer billions of pounds - paying for themselves environmentally and economically. Read more about this here: https://lnkd.in/eqUqtEM7 #insurance #pension #greentransition
NEWS | Last night we were proud to host our Investment Delivery Forum’s reception to celebrate the launch of a new 10-point action plan for investment. The Forum, established in 2023, is a catalyst for driving investment into UK infrastructure projects, formed by some of the UK’s largest pension firms and insurers. Working closely with all the UK’s governments, the Forum has backed a public-private blended finance model to help navigate investment risk, outlined in its latest report. Through the reform of the Solvency II regime, the insurance and long-term savings industry is also set to unlock £100 billion for productive assets over the next 10 years. Our reception was a great opportunity to reflect on progress over the past 12 months and hear from ABI Chair, Baroness Nicky Morgan and M&G plc CEO Life Insurance, Clive Bolton who have had a key role, alongside our advisory panel members, in shaping the Forum’s first year. #AssociationofBritishInsurers #Insurance #LongTermSavings #InvestmentDeliveryForum
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With the increased risk of flooding due to a changing climate, there is increasingly a need to finance natural flood management interventions alongside traditional infrastructure to protect lives and livelihoods. In March 2024, the Green Finance Institute published the Financing Natural Flood Management (NFM) report, in which a lack of demand for flood risk outcomes from private sector buyers was highlighted as a major barrier to scaling the delivery of NFM. In this follow-on paper, we explore the role of the insurance sector as potential buyers of NFM outcomes. By working with insurers and other stakeholders, we have co-developed an innovative NFM Research Fund proposal. Designed to leverage R&D funding from the insurance sector, the NFM Research Fund would act to further the evidence base for NFM, build the commercial understanding of NFM within the insurance industry, and scale the funding available for NFM projects. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/e99Mqunh Marsh, Finance Earth, Dan Hird, The Rivers Trust, WTW, JBA Risk Management, WWF-UK, The Wildlife Trusts, Aviva, Association of British Insurers, Markerstudy Group, RSA, Flood Re #nature #climatechange #flood #insurance
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Today, the National Wealth Fund Task Force, chaired by Rhian-Mari Thomas OBE (CEO of the Green Finance Institute) has published its recommendations for Rt Hon Rachel Reeves, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Ed Miliband, Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, to ensure that private finance plays a core role in mobilising capital into decarbonising the economy. The National Wealth Fund will use £7.3 billion in public sector funding to unlock at least £20 billion in private sector finance to catalyse investment into new infrastructure and economic transition to power growth and jobs across the UK and create the foundation for a low-carbon economy. This model has been used successfully in other countries and by the Green Finance Institute in other low carbon projects across the UK. Download here: https://lnkd.in/gTYymrgU Mark Carney; CS Venkatakrishnan, Amanda Blanc (Aviva); David Vickers (Brunel Pension Partnership Limited); Hugh Crossley (Equitix); Shaun Kingsbury CBE (Just Climate); António Simões (Legal & General); Paul Thwaite (NatWest Group); Lisa Quest (Oliver Wyman); Carol Young (Universities Superannuation Scheme (Ltd).
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At the GFI, we continue to champion the need for high integrity carbon markets and are proud of our contribution to supporting the work of The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) and UK Voluntary Carbon Markets Forum. Today we’re pleased to announce that our CEO, Rhian-Mari Thomas OBE, is joining BeZero Carbon’s Advisory Board to provide independent advice and guidance on the future of carbon markets. Carbon markets have the potential to channel much needed finance into #ClimateSolutions. However, robust social and environmental guardrails, as well as human rights safeguards – including those of indigenous peoples and local communities – need to be in place to ensure positive impact. Ratings agencies such as BeZero Carbon can provide investors with the confidence needed to direct capital into climate projects whilst adhering to the highest standards of integrity, transparency and fairness. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/errpD_7q
BeZero Sets Up Independent Advisory Board | BeZero Carbon
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