Five school based climate change projects have been handed £100,000 each by an environmental campaign to help all schools, colleges, and nurseries be zero carbon by 2030.
Morningstar analysis of ESG funds shows that as the European Commission closed its consultation on the future of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) in the final quarter of 2023, Article 8 funds were registering the largest quarterly outflows on record.
Pension providers are failing to use a critical financial lever in their engagement with fossil fuel companies and are opening the door to legal risk, environmental lawyers warn.
Two-thirds (65 per cent) think individual investors have a responsibility to use their money for good, and 73 per cent of the UK public believe we need to invest in long-term solutions to the issues facing the world.
There are no explicit policies aiming to end fossil fuel expansion in surveyed UK pension funds, and only 40 per cent have published 2025 targets to reduce emissions.
The carbon footprint of emissions financed by pensions from FTSE100 companies is seven times higher than the total reported emissions of those companies.
Virgin Money has launched the first dedicated fund to support farmers in their transition to net-zero offering lower cost loans that can be used to invest in changes which reduce on-farm emissions. The £200m Agri E Fund is the first fund offered in the UK dedicated to supporting farmers with the investment and carbon audits required to help them achieve their net-zero target.
There were cheers across the tables as Barclays and Refuge were awarded the Partnership with a National Charity Award, while Greene King and Macmillan Cancer Support took home the Best Scheme to Encourage Staff Fundraising – long-term partners award.
Congratulations to all the shortlisted companies and the winners at the 2021 Awards. In a year where the efforts of organisations have been needed by so many, it was wonderful to see so many great schemes to help support innovation, communities and charities.