• Webinar & E-Learning 28 September 2021 The Building Blocks of Residential Green Finance (Webinar) – 30.09.2021 The Building Blocks of Residential Green Finance – the rationale, methodology, and initial results of implementing a successful, international residential green finance program to benefit our citizens, the planet, and a climate-ready banking sector. What key trends are driving the substantial growth in the green finance market? How do homes in a bank portfolio contribute to both ambitious environmental performance and substantial financial risk reduction? What research and evidence is…
• Tools 14 May 2020 SMARTER Finance for Vulnerable Families The purchase of a new home, regardless of its energy efficiency level, is one of the lowest priorities of low income households. People with limited financial resources are often facing many other basic existential problems and their initiative to acquire new green housing is  low.  Moreover,  most  of commercial banks and other commercial financial institutions consider low income clients a high risk group for any type of loan. However, private initiative from third parties and…
• Podcast 10 September 2019 Derisking investments into green buildings Problem: Energy efficiency is becoming more and more recognised as a cost-effective mitigation measure for achieving the Paris Agreement and SDGs, however, it is considered a not very tangible, not too sexy, relatively fragmented and small-scale efforts. The question that many actors are facing in the field is to how to bring the scale to Energy Efficiency on the local, national and global level. Key message: Derisking buildings through green mortgages can help to bring scale to energy…