NatWest: Lord Stern appointed as independent climate advisor
- Lord Stern is currently the Chair of the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP)
- In this newly-created role Lord Stern will provide independent advice, guidance and challenge to the bank’s senior executives
- His advice will help to inform the implementation and delivery of the bank’s ambitious targets
- During the past decade the bank has been the biggest lender to UK’s renewable energy industry
- In February, it put tackling climate change at the heart of its purposeful strategy, announcing a number of specific targets
- NatWest Group can also confirm that it signed up to the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative’s CCCA
