Newcastle International Airport has secured its first-ever sustainable finance package, totalling £208 million, from HSBC, ING, NatWest and the Development Bank of Japan (DBJ), to help reach net zero by 2035.
A rise in the cost of energy has had a severe impact on the transition of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in their pursuits of lowering carbon emissions and adopting green technologies.
New research from NatWest’s Sustainable Business Tracker has found that one in three small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are planning to invest in electric vehicles (EVs) or chargepoints in the next year.
An investment opportunity of up to £6 billion is available to 2040 owing to the need for millions of electric vehicle chargers at workplaces, shops and motorway services, according to a report out this week.