Chancellor Rishi Sunak put green innovation at the centre of his vision for the future of the UK's financial services after Brexit in an attempt to pitch Britain as a global leader on environmental protection.
Since this ambitious goal cannot be met without investors, asset managers say they are ready to bolster their efforts, but they cannot do it alone. A green and pleasant landscape: Hunger for a low-carbon economy grows stronger by the minute The 2021 Spring Budget plans for a sweeping overhaul of the industry, including a change to the Bank of England's remit to support the move towards near-zero emission and an infrastructure bank to invest mainly in green projects. Among other announcements that will directly affect the UK's net-zero transition are plans to issue £15bn of green s...
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