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Read more at: UK Treasury Minister welcomes BEI’s Fintech Taskforce

UK Treasury Minister welcomes BEI’s Fintech Taskforce

17 February 2017

17 February 2017 – The Minister’s response came after the announcement of the Taskforce by the Banking Environment Initiative (BEI) following an event hosted by CISL’s Patron, His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales.


Read more at: Statement of support for the work of the Financial Stability Board’s Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures

Statement of support for the work of the Financial Stability Board’s Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures

15 February 2017

15 February 2017 – Statement issued by the members of the Banking Environment Initiative.


Read more at: Dr Paul Fisher appointed as Vice Chair of the Banking Environment Initiative

Dr Paul Fisher appointed as Vice Chair of the Banking Environment Initiative

13 February 2017

13 February 2017 – Dr Fisher is the Bank of England’s former Executive Director for Supervisory Risk and Regulatory Operations as well as the former Deputy Head of the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA).


Read more at: CISL selected by European Commission as the only academic member of High-Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance
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CISL selected by European Commission as the only academic member of High-Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance

10 January 2017

10 January 2017 – The European Commission has appointed the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership as one of the 20 members of the newly established Group.


Read more at: CISL meet with finance leaders to accelerate the transition to a green financial system
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CISL meet with finance leaders to accelerate the transition to a green financial system

20 October 2016

20 October 2016 – Today a group of leaders from 22 leading finance sector institutions met to review achievements made by the G20 to date, and to develop the priority actions needed to push forward real progress in creating a greener financial system.


Read more at: G20 Leaders welcome 'Green Finance', supported by analysis commissioned from CISL’s Centre for Sustainable Finance
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G20 Leaders welcome 'Green Finance', supported by analysis commissioned from CISL’s Centre for Sustainable Finance

4 September 2016

5 September 2016 – World leaders meeting at the G20 Summit in Hangzhou, China, today issued a Communiqué recognising the importance of scaling up green finance and welcoming the voluntary options put forward by the G20 Green Finance Study Group (GFSG).


Read more at: Banking Environment Initiative leads discussion on sustainable trade finance with banking industry in Jakarta, Indonesia

Banking Environment Initiative leads discussion on sustainable trade finance with banking industry in Jakarta, Indonesia

22 July 2016

22 July 2016 – The Banking Environment Initiative (BEI), the banking leadership group that CISL convenes, was invited by the global banking industry’s transaction banking association, BAFT, to lead discussions on sustainable trade finance at its Indonesia Trade Finance Workshop in Jakarta today.


Read more at: Banking Environment Initiative launches discussion paper incentivising the trade of sustainably produced commodities
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Banking Environment Initiative launches discussion paper incentivising the trade of sustainably produced commodities

21 May 2016

28 April 2016 – The paper was launched at a roundtable co-hosted by Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership and the Global Trade Review.


Read more at: The Banking Environment Initiative forms ‘Sustainable Trade Finance’ Council

The Banking Environment Initiative forms ‘Sustainable Trade Finance’ Council

21 March 2016

9 June 2015 – Building on the pilot Sustainable Shipment Letter of Credit for palm oil, the BEI has now formed a ‘Sustainable Trade Finance’ Council.


Read more at: BEI initiates work on green bonds

BEI initiates work on green bonds

21 March 2016

16 June 2015 – As part of expanding its programme of work, the BEI is exploring the value it can add in enabling the stable growth of the green bonds market, itself a powerful contribution to the BEI’s mission to direct capital towards socially and environmentally sustainable economic development.