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Green Aviation – an inter-Livery initiative highlighted at recent seminar

The Financial Services (FS) Club holds regular webinars  and a recent event saw a presentation about green aviation given by the inter-Livery Green Aviation Task Group.  Aviation is a high carbon emitter with initial plans to decarbonise. This seminar challenges the way we are looking at the industry and highlights the role that the City of London can play in…

Textile Livery Group Conference on Sustainable Fashion

The second UK Fashion & Textile Association (UKFT) and Textile Livery Group conference took place in Drapers’ Hall in late September.  Taking as a theme sustainability in action, the conference once again focussed on good practice and practical steps towards those environmental goals.  Twelve of the City Livery Companies combined with the major fashion and textile trade body to put on the…

Catalysing the Green Development Plan

A redesign of the global finance system to place climate action, sustainable development and prosperity for all at the heart of a purpose-driven international financial architecture was the subject of a seminar at Saddlers’ Hall on May 23rd. A collaboration between the Financial Services Club, City-based financial services and technology consultancy Z/Yen and fund managers hexTerra, the seminar was entitled…