Financing energy efficiency improvements in Europe’s building stock will be difficult under the current EU regulatory framework, according to a group of institutional investors. The EU recently passed legislation aimed at improving energy efficiency by 20% by 2020, against a business-as-usual forecast. Addressing energy savings in buildings will be key, said the Institutional Investors Group […]
The UK government is to introduce legislation in the coming year to establish its long-planned Green Investment Bank (GIB), but investors and environmentalists have called for clarity over how it will be funded. In the Queen’s speech today, in which the UK’s monarch sets out her government’s legislative plans for the next 12 months, Queen […]