The chair of the authority that runs the UK’s main financial centre says the investment community has a duty to make more social and environmental investments.
The UK-based investor hopes to build on the growing interest by pension funds to invest in addressing the country’s housing crisis, according to the head of its homelessness property funds.
The fund has attracted public and private sector investment from Europe and Asia to support innovative firms whose activities help decarbonise the transport sector.
Blended finance is mobilising private investment to meet development aims, but it needs to be part of a wider toolbox of support from national and supra-national bodies, World Economic Forum delegates heard.
Strengthening social enterprises in developing countries improves stability and supports growth, benefitting the global economy, according to speakers at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Returning US president Donald Trump has carried through on pledges to pull out of the Paris climate change agreement, but that has not dampened enthusiasm for sustainable investment among European investors, a new survey found.
The investment will help support Vietnamese companies to move to clean energy sources as the country seeks to reduce its reliance on fossil fuel power.
The firm plans to expand its fleet of low emissions uncrewed surveying vessels to meet growing demand from customers including offshore wind developers and marine protection agencies.
Most of the investment will be directed to the immediate purchase and refurbishment of properties in Gloucestershire, to help reduce the number of people being housed in unsuitable temporary accommodation in the UK region.
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