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LCAG praised in the Lord Mayor’s Dinner to the Masters, Upper Wardens and Upper Bailiff

In his introductory words to this prestigious annual event, the Lord Mayor, Michael Mainelli, listed the 14 pan-Livery initiatives with which he strongly identifies, in ascending order by number of supporting Livery Companies, concluding with the Livery Climate Action Group with its 100 members. Two masters spoke later: the Master Mercer on “community” and the Master Grocer on “charity”. The…

The state of climate action on the UK charity sector

Alison Gowman took part in a three way conversation in a podcast for Charity Digital. Alison is a board member of the City Bridge Foundation and lead member on delivering their climate action strategy that mirrors the Corporation of London's own plans. The City Corporation is the corporate charity trustee of the City Bridge Foundation.   With Alison's wide knowledge of the charity…

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…