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Financial services industry is one of the UK's biggest contributors to climate change

Financial institutions are one of the biggest contributors to climate change in the UK, according to new analysis, and have been accused of being the UK’s “dirty little secret”. 

Financial services industry is one of the UK's biggest contributors to climate change
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UK banks and asset managers were responsible for financing 805m tonnes of carbon in 2019, equivalent to 1.8 times the annual net emissions of the UK as a whole. 

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