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About UKSIF
UKSIF exists to bring together the UK’s sustainable finance community and support our members to expand, enhance and promote this key sector.
We achieve our goals by building a strong and connected UK community, influencing government and regulators, and sharing our collective knowledge of issues and solutions.
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STATEMENT: UKSIF Response to Tony Blair Institute Report
STATEMENT: UKSIF Response to Tony Blair Institute Report
Commenting on the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI) report, More Than Clean Power: Electrification Is the UK’s Best Bet for Resilience, UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF) CEO James Alexander said today (April 10, 2026): “The Tony Blair Institute is right to recognise that electrification can address the systemic weaknesses in our…
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STATEMENT: Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Comments on Clean Energy
STATEMENT: Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Comments on Clean Energy
Responding to Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s address to the nation today (April 1), where he showed unequivocal support for investment in clean energy, UKSIF CEO James Alexander said: “The Prime Minister is absolutely right to recognise that investment in clean energy is critical to insulating the UK from fossil fuel-driven economic shocks. “The oil and…
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STATEMENT: UKSIF responds to calls for more North Sea oil and gas drilling
STATEMENT: UKSIF responds to calls for more North Sea oil and gas drilling
Commenting on new calls to expand North Sea oil and gas drilling, UKSIF CEO James Alexander said: “Investors know the oil and gas market’s renewed volatility is a warning sign of the strategic risks that come from dependence on these commodities. “Increasing North Sea fossil fuel extraction now would be a knee-jerk reaction to what…
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UKSIF response: FCA CP25/34- ESG ratings: proposed approach to regulation
UKSIF response: FCA CP25/34- ESG ratings: proposed approach to regulation
We believe the proposed measures in the consultation have the potential to enhance users of ESG ratings and wider stakeholders’ understanding and trust in these products, though our response sets out various recommendations for consideration from the regulator. In our view, these recommendations would advance competition and innovation in the UK’s ESG ratings market, the…
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PRESS RELEASE: Flooding in England Predicted to Create 430,000 ‘Climate Mortgage Prisoners’
PRESS RELEASE: Flooding in England Predicted to Create 430,000 ‘Climate Mortgage Prisoners’
Hundreds of thousands of households in England could become “climate mortgage prisoners” due to increased flooding, a new report has revealed. Public First’s paper, Flooding the Market: The Climate Mortgage Trap, finds that the owners of 430,000 homes, equivalent to the size of Birmingham, could fit this category by 2050, as they become “trapped” in…
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STATEMENT: UKSIF Welcomes the Future Homes Standard
STATEMENT: UKSIF Welcomes the Future Homes Standard
Commenting on the release of the Future Homes Standard, UKSIF CEO James Alexander said: “Investors will welcome government plans to place low-carbon efficiency measures at the heart of new building regulations. “Well-implemented guidelines that raise the overall quality and sustainability of new properties can attract billions in private investment, support thousands of skilled jobs and…
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