The Green Investment Bank has taken one step closer to privatisation this week after its chair set out the process for adopting a special share to protect the bank’s green purposes.
The Treasury has outlined the increased Climate Change Levy (CCL) rates due to come into force in 2019, which will see the Exchequer benefit to the tune of £425 million in a move originally dubbed as “fiscally-neutral”.
Smart meter installation firm Smart Metering Systems (SMS) has bolstered its position within the market by acquiring two of its rivals and securing two further contracts.
The sale of the Green Investment Bank (GIB) into private ownership has continued to move forward with the bank outlining earlier this week how it intends to incorporate a ‘special share’ to protect its green purposes.
Aberdeen Asset Management is to launch a new sustainability framework intended to stimulate efficiency refurbishments and new development projects in the UK.
The government needs to publish “an effective plan” to tackle the decarbonisation of heat and transport sectors, according to the CBI’s senior policy advisor on climate change.
The chief executive of environmental think-tank ESG has thrown his weight behind calls for energy efficiency to be recognised as a national infrastructure priority in light of agreements made at COP21.
