Tag: Green Finance Institute

GFI launches “Transactions to Transitions” initiative as a scalable, approach to accelerate economic transformation and resilience

Stuart Mitchell

The Green Finance Institute (GFI) has announced the launch of “Transactions to Transitions” (T2T), a pioneering approach designed to address the urgent need to accelerate climate finance execution and drive sector-wide economic transition. Despite ambitious commitments from governments and financial institutions, existing capital flows cover a fraction of the investment required to transform sectors, deploy technology, or deliver the promised transition to a sustainable, healthier, resilient future, especially in emerging and developing markets. T2T sets out a new approach, moving from climate politics to climate economics, and from alignment on…

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Global Property Linked Finance Initiative launched to create new global asset class unlocking trillions to fund building decarbonisation and resilience

Stuart Mitchell

The Green Finance Institute (GFI) and the Climate Bonds Initiative (Climate Bonds) have today announced the launch of the Global Property Linked Finance Initiative (GPLFI) during Climate Week New York City. This landmark initiative aims to scale Property Linked Finance (PLF) into a globally recognised asset class capable of unlocking billions in private capital for net-zero and climate-resilient buildings. PLF is a proven, innovative, financing mechanism that links repayments to the property rather than the owner, enabling long-term, affordable finance for building upgrades and overcoming the barrier of prohibitive upfront…

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Global Property Linked Finance Initiative launched to create new global asset class unlocking trillions to fund building decarbonisation and resilience

Stuart Mitchell

The Green Finance Institute (GFI) and the Climate Bonds Initiative (Climate Bonds) have recently announced the launch of the Global Property Linked Finance Initiative (GPLFI) during Climate Week New York City. This landmark initiative aims to scale Property Linked Finance (PLF) into a globally recognised asset class capable of unlocking billions in private capital for net-zero and climate-resilient buildings. PLF is a proven, innovative, financing mechanism that links repayments to the property rather than the owner, enabling long-term, affordable finance for building upgrades and overcoming the barrier of prohibitive upfront…

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Scaling investment into nature is critical to achieving government’s growth ambitions

Stuart Mitchell

The GFI and WWF have published a new report, the “Business Investment in Nature: Supporting UK Economic Resilience and Growth”, demonstrating how a degraded natural environment is negatively impacting businesses across the UK, and therefore hindering economic growth. At the same time, the report shows how swift and coordinated action can secure the UK’s future growth trajectory by building resilience, improving productivity, and leading in the technologies, materials and financial products that are needed to reduce business impacts on nature and support its restoration. Should action not be taken, there…

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Scaling investment into nature is critical to achieving government’s growth ambitions

Stuart Mitchell

The GFI and WWF have published a new report, the “Business Investment in Nature: Supporting UK Economic Resilience and Growth”, demonstrating how a degraded natural environment is negatively impacting businesses across the UK, and therefore hindering economic growth. At the same time, the report shows how swift and coordinated action can secure the UK’s future growth trajectory by building resilience, improving productivity, and leading in the technologies, materials and financial products that are needed to reduce business impacts on nature and support its restoration. Should action not be taken, there…

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