Securing the UK's role as a green financial hub

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The UK aims to cement its position as a leading green financial hub ahead of COP26. But how does the UK landscape compare globally? How effective are its policies? And what more is needed to stimulate the green economic recovery?  

Marking the launch of a new report from Cornwall Insight and TLT, this webinar brought together experts in greening finance and financing green to discuss the significant changes taking place in both the energy and financial sectors.

Panellists discussed some of the key issues raised in the report, assessing what this could mean for businesses, individuals and society as the UK aims to make green finance mainstream.

Presented by Dan Atzori, Research Partner, Cornwall Insight.

Panel:

• Emma Harvey, Director, Green Finance Institute
• Natalya Tueva, Director of Sustainable Finance, SMBC
• Guy Lavarack, Investment Director – Head of Energy, Blackfinch
• Imogen Benson, Associate, TLT
• Robin Penfold, Partner, TLT
• Maria Connolly, Partner, TLT (chair)

Topics include:

• The ambitious policy and regulatory frameworks needed to achieve net zero by 2025
• Making mandatory climate-related disclosures credible, meaningful and useful
• EU and UK taxonomies
• Growing supply and demand for sustainability-linked products
• The need for a sector-based approach to the green finance market
• The urgent need to attract significant amounts of private capital into renewable energy and sustainable infrastructure, and where this might come from
• Potential business models and revenue streams for hard to abate sectors such as heat and mobility.