China seeks global investors for green finance goals

The Chinese government pushed green finance onto the agenda of leading nations last week, and discussed its interest in attracting European asset owners to help support its ambitious plans to raise $300 billion of green finance a year. China chaired the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Hangzhou on September 4 and 5, during which it unveiled a number of new green initiatives. “For the first time the G20 said it was necessary to have green finance and there was a need to enhance the ability…