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Labour government is chance for ‘reset’ on UK’s green agenda, City’s ESG experts say

Sunak administration has ‘not been a friend to the sustainable investing industry’

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer looks set to become the UK’s next prime minister Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer looks set to become the UK’s next prime minister Christopher Furlong/Getty Images Photo: Getty Images

The City’s leading ESG experts are hopeful that a Labour victory in the general election will allow for a “reset” on the UK’s net zero agenda, jumpstart the economy and deliver green jobs.

The Labour Party, which maintains a comfortable lead over the Conservatives as the British public heads to the polls on 4 July, has promised to make the UK “the green finance capital of the world” and to prioritise the country’s sustainable finance policies.

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