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New Green Finance Strategy silent on winding down fossil fuel finance, say experts
LONDON, 6th April 2023 Download the full letter: [pdf] and accompanying briefing [pdf]. Experts have warned that the government’s new …
New Green Finance Strategy – response
London, Thursday 30th March The government has today published a long-awaited update to its Green Finance Strategy, setting out plans to …
SVB collapse makes case for digital pound & Bank of England climate and capital report
London, 13th March 2023 On the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), Simon Youel, Head of Policy and Advocacy at Positive Money, …
A fork in the road: which direction for financial services and regulation in the UK?
Now is a good time to assess the future of financial regulation and financial services in the UK. It is three years since the UK left the …
75 leading thinkers call for an overhaul of green finance rules
Ahead of the Bank of England’s Financial Stability Report, 75 leaders from civil society and academia have written to the government calling …
Climate Change Committee confirms voluntary pledges no substitute for financial regulation
London, 28 June 2022 Responding to the Climate Change Committee’s 2022 Progress Report, Fran Boait, executive director of research and …
What we need to see in the government’s Green Finance Strategy
June, 2022 -The government’s asking the public’s opinion on how far and fast it should ‘green’ our financial system. So thousands of us are …
Slavery & the Bank: acknowledgement is not action
Positive Money staff team recently took a guided tour of The Bank of England Museum “Slavery & the Bank” exhibition, which explored how …