UK Centre for Greening Finance & Investment - one year on and beyond
The UK Centre for Greening Finance & Investment (CGFI) Leeds Innovation Hub celebrates climate research impact in the finance industry - one year on and beyond.
The UK Centre for Greening Finance & Investment (CGFI)’s Leeds Innovation Hub, hosted at Nexus - University of Leeds, is a collaborative space where financial institutions, climate scientists, and analytics businesses meet to connect, collaborate, and innovate. The Hub bridges science and innovation with financial institutions, focusing on climate and environmental analytics, with the aim of accelerating the integration of climate and environmental risk analytics into institutional investment and finance decision-making.
Leeds University Business School is a partner institution alongside other universities, including Bristol, Imperial, and Reading, with Professor Iain Clacher acting as a co-lead.
In October 2024, the Centre celebrated its first anniversary. Since then, its work with the finance sector has continued apace.
The team has made significant strides in bridging the gap between climate science and the finance industry, fostering collaborations that drive actionable solutions. Working with a range of key players and sectors, including the Bank of England, Aon, Nationwide, the Met Office, and Oasis LMF, their work has highlighted just how crucial the need for collaboration between industry and academia to ensure a low carbon climate resilient economy.
The CGFI Leeds Innovation Hub serves as a dynamic platform connecting climate science and innovation with financial institutions, focusing on climate and environmental analytics. Over the past year, they have been actively nurturing and supporting our region’s vibrant ecosystem in the climate science and finance sector. Through their events, internship programme, industry collaborations, and thought leadership, their efforts have created pathways for understanding sectoral needs and making the latest science accessible and usable. This has helped to position the UK as a global leader in climate and environmental analytics for financial institutions.
For further information about what has been achieved by the Centre recently, and why its work is so important in the sector and beyond, read the original news piece.
