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MPs: Bank should consider higher capital for fossil fuel lending – Positive Money response
22 April 2021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE London – 22 April 2021 The cross-party Treasury Committee has today published unanimously-agreed recommendations on greening the financial system, following a two-year inquiry. T …
Positive Money response to Central Bank Digital Currency Taskforce
19 April 2021
London, 19 April 2021 – Responding to the government’s announcement of a new Central Bank Digital Currency Taskforce this morning, Simon Youel, head of policy and advocacy at Positive Money said: “Wit …
Central banks failing to match green rhetoric with action – report
31 March 2021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Absence of high impact climate policies among G20 central banks, report reveals London, 31 March 2020 – Monetary and financial authorities across the world’s largest economies ar …
Sunak gives Bank of England green light to fight climate crisis
3 March 2021
London, 3 March 2021 – Rishi Sunak has today made a highly anticipated and important change to the Bank of England’s mandate, for the first time instructing the UK’s central bank to align its powerful …
Sunak urged to stop bankers fuelling climate crisis in Budget
24 February 2021
London, 24 February 2021 Rishi Sunak should use his upcoming Budget to enable the Bank of England to shift billions of pounds away from fossil fuels and towards a green recovery, tens of thousands of …