Green Finance
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Nov- 2024 -21 NovemberLatest News
BDO achieves Approved Verifier status
BDO LLP has achieved Approved Verifier status under the Climate Bonds Certification Scheme. This approval enables the firm to offer verification services that align with the robust standards and rigorous requirements of Climate Bonds, supporting issuers and applicant entities in validating the climate credentials of their green debt instruments, assets,…
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Dec- 2023 -20 DecemberBig Four
Green skills gap in finance jeopardises net zero goals, PwC finds
The UK financial services sector faces an emerging green skills gap and is not moving fast enough to close it, which stands to jeopardise net zero goals, according to PwC’s latest Green Jobs Barometer report. The report, which is in collaboration with the Financial Services Skills Commission (FSSC) and the…
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Sep- 2023 -25 SeptemberLatest News
PwC names new regional leader for financial services
PwC UK has named its new regional leader for financial services as Glasgow-based Fraser Wilson. Wilson, who already leads on financial services for PwC Scotland, takes on the new leadership role, overseeing activity with financial services clients across the UK regions outside of London including Wales, the Midlands and North…
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Mar- 2023 -31 MarchLatest News
FRC welcomes Green Finance Strategy
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has recently welcomed the government’s updated Green Finance Strategy in a joint statement with the FCA, the BoE and the TPR. The FRC has said that it will continue to support the Government’s ambition to ensure that the UK is a leading Centre of Green…
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14 MarchLatest News
Accountants are vital in green finance challenge, ACCA reports
Professional accountants must become experts in green finance and help drive the mitigation to sustainable economies, said ACCA in its latest report. In the new ‘Green finance skills: the guide’ research, the body for professional accountants explained that access to green finance can be considered a “lifeline” to businesses. Yet,…
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Jan- 2023 -11 JanuaryAccounting Firms
MHA appoints head of green finance
MHA has further strengthened its sustainability team with the appointment of Hiten Sonpal, as head of green finance. Formerly director of climate propositions for the NatWest Group, Hiten has served as the lead for green finance offerings in his previous roles over the past 12 years. Hiten will be responsible…
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Jan- 2022 -28 JanuaryBig Four
Investor confidence in UK financial services hits new high
Almost 90% of global financial services investors are planning to establish or expand operations in the UK in 2022 which is the highest since 2016, according to EY’s latest UK attractiveness survey. Sentiment around planned investment into UK financial services has risen by 50% in the past year, compared to…
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Dec- 2021 -14 DecemberAccounting Standards
CIPFA unveils updated flagship accountancy qualification
CIPFA has announced its flagship accountancy qualification has been refreshed and updated. It said after a “detailed review and consultation process”, the CIPFA Professional Accounting Qualification (PAQ) update delivers a new syllabus to help the public finance professionals of tomorrow “better address the complex issues of today and in the…
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Apr- 2021 -28 AprilCompanies
GHG emissions 700 times higher from financial institutions
Greenhouse gas emissions associated with financial institutions’ inventions, lending and underwriting activities are on average 700 times higher than their direct emissions, according to environmental non-profit CDP. In its ‘The Time to Green Finance’ report, the organization found nearly all climate-related impacts and risks of global financial institutions originate from…
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Dec- 2020 -8 DecemberPeople Moves
Buchler Phillips appoints Mark Field as a consultant
Buchler Phillips, the UK’s oldest independent corporate recovery and restructuring firm, has appointed the Rt Hon Mark Field as a consultant. Field is a former Member of Parliament and Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office who represented the central London constituency of the Cities of London and…
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