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The UK’s Green Gilt: Demonstrating the Contribution to Jobs and Levelling Up
A working paper on the UK’s Green Gilt: Demonstrating the Contribution to Jobs and Levelling Up, co-authored with the LSE’s Grantham Research Institute.
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Press release: We welcome the publication of the UK government’s Green Financing Framework and its commitment to report on the social co-benefits such as job creation and support to SMEs.
The Impact Investing Institute welcomes today’s announcement that the UK’s new green bond framework will include the reporting of social co-benefits, in addition to the environmental impact of green bond expenditure.
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Impact Investing Institute to act as Secretariat for the UK government’s new Stakeholder Discussion Forum on green finance
The Impact Investing Institute is delighted to be a founding member and act as Secretariat for the UK Treasury and Debt Management Office’s new Stakeholder Discussion Forum on green finance.
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Press release: UK government announces Sovereign Green Bond
The Impact Investing Institute, the Green Finance Institute and the LSE Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment are delighted to welcome the UK government’s announcement to issue a Sovereign Green Bond.
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The Green+ Gilt: How the UK could issue sovereign bonds that deliver climate action and social renewal
Together with the Green Finance Institute and the LSE Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, we published a proposal for a Green+ Gilt that emphasises the strategic potential for a green sovereign bond to scale up the UK’s drive to a net-zero carbon economy with well-defined social and economic benefits.
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Press release: Investors with £10 trillion in assets call for the UK to issue a green+ sovereign bond
A UK green sovereign bond would finance the green recovery plans the Prime Minister outlined in his keynote speech this week, creating green-collar jobs across the country.
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Sustainability Reporting Standard for Social Housing
As part of the ESG Social Housing Working Group, a unique collaboration of 18 banks and investors, housing associations, service providers and impact investing organisations, the Institute helped develop the Sustainability Reporting Standard for Social Housing.
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UK social housing – establishing a sector-standard approach for ESG reporting
The Institute collaborated with market participants to help develop a White Paper proposing sector-standard ESG criteria to unlock public and private investment in social and affordable housing.
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UK social housing – establishing a sector-standard approach for ESG reporting
The coronavirus pandemic and its impact on the social fabric of our society has made it clear, once again, that the need for a good, affordable home has never been more important.
