Beyond Utilisation: Consumer Behaviour and Charging Infrastructure
To meet the UK Government’s target by 2035, we must have an efficient and reliable rollout of charging infrastructure across the country. In previous papers we have called for the importance of a data led deployment to ensure the right chargepoints are in the right...
Assessing the Materiality of Nature-Related Financial Risks for the UK
Nature degradation could cause a 12% loss to UK GDP – First-of-its-kind analysis quantifies the impact that nature degradation, both domestically and internationally, could have on the UK’s economy and financial sector.
UK Nature-Related Risk Analysis Update
In early 2023, the UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), University of Oxford, University of Reading and the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR), in a project led by the Green Finance Institute (GFI), set out...
Economist Impact’s 9th annual Sustainability Week
Economist Impact’s 9th annual Sustainability Week will explore business approaches to reach net zero and how profit can flourish alongside sustainability goals. With more than 200 speakers, 1200 in-person attendees and an online audience of over 5,000 attendees, the...
Greenprints
In 2023, the Green Finance Institute hosted the inaugural Finance Day at London Climate Action Week. This event brought together experts from across finance, business, government, and philanthropy to discuss the most complex issues in creating a greener world, made...
Demystifying Utilisation
Success in the Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure (EVCI) sector to date has been measured by the number of chargepoints being installed, rather than where they are and how they are used. With transportation responsible for 24% of domestic greenhouse gas...
Guide to Investing in the EV Battery Supply Chain
The electric vehicle (EV) transition has potential to grow the automotive battery market to GBP 12 billion in the UK as early as 2025. Growing battery supply chain capacity presents a significant opportunity for a wide range of investors, both those familiar with, and...
Used EV Market: The Key to Unlocking Net Zero
The Green Finance Institute is leading a working group for the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles to explore the role of finance and data in growing the used EV market. As part of this, we undertook research to understand the perceptions towards used EVs in the UK, and...
New roadmap set out for government to unlock private sector finance to supercharge farming transition
Farming, finance, and agrifood expert group commissioned by Defra reveals four actionable steps to rapidly accelerate investment to support a low-emission and nature positive farming transition
UK economy’s nature-related risk to be assessed for the first time
Analysis led by the Green Finance Institute, backed by Defra and the Bank of England, will quantify UK financial and economic risks from exposure to nature degradation
Electric Vehicle Infrastructure: Charging Guide
With any investment or lending decision, it’s vital for financiers to understand the technical and commercial aspects of the sector to evaluate a business plan. As we approach the 2030 deadline for the phase out of the sale of new Internal Combustion Engine (ICE)...
Transition finance: accelerating the EV transition
‘Transition finance’ has a critical role to play in channelling the estimated $35trn of investment needed over the next decade to areas of the economy where transformation is required to reach net-zero emissions. Rather than allocating capital to activities that...
