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LEEDS INNOVATION HUB

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The CGFI Leeds Innovation Hub is a place for financial institutions, academics, climate scientists, and analytics businesses to connect, collaborate, and innovate.

Hosted at Nexus, University of Leeds, the Hub is a platform to connect wider UK science and innovation with financial institutions, focusing on climate and environmental analytics.

The Hub nurtures and supports a vibrant emerging ecosystem of enterprises providing climate and environmental analytics (CEA) to finance institutions.  

It provides a route by which needs are understood and the latest science is made accessible, commercialised, and exported globally, placing the UK as global leader for climate and environmental analytics for financial institutions.

The opening of the CGFI Innovation Leeds Hub is the next step in accelerating the use of climate and environmental risk analytics into institutional investment and finance.

What comes next after CBES, and what role for integrated climate-nature risk analysis?

Event - Connect Series: 8 October 2024, In-person, Leeds

This event, in partnership with the Integrating Finance and Biodiversity Programme (IFB) and the Resilient Planet Finance Lab, explored the future of scenario analysis for climate and environmental risks.

Collaborating for Impact: exploration and advancement of climate risk analytics for the building society sector

Event: 8 May 2024, In-person Breakout Session, Building Societies Annual Conference

How well do you understand the impact of climate change on risk management? This session explored the significance of climate and environmental risk analytics in finance.

Collaborating for Impact: climate science and insurance industry practice.

Collaborating for Impact: climate science and insurance industry practice

Event - Connect Series: 6 March 2024, In-person, Leeds

A detailed discussion of four of the biggest challenges facing the insurance sector and how to align cutting edge climate science and practical applications in the insurance sector.

Net Zero Transition Plans: credibility and actions.

Net Zero Transition Plans: credibility and actions

Event - Connect Series: 12 February 2024, In-person, Leeds

Join us to learn more about how transition plans can enable the journey to net zero and climate resilience.

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Leeds Innovation Hub: opening

News: October 2023

We are delighted to announce the opening of the CGFI Leeds Hub, based at Nexus - University of Leeds.

Connecting the financial industry with environmental science

Connecting leading climate scientists, financial institutions, and emerging businesses in climate, environment, and analytics. Enabling valuable connections and networks to exchange ideas, tackle challenges, and develop solutions.

Knowledge exchange and raising the bar on application

Facilitating knowledge exchange between climate science and the financial sector on green financing challenges, while building capacity through internships and enhancing expertise via continuous professional development.

Innovation and early stage business support​

Our developing programme of science sprints and hackathons, mentoring, and our early stage business incubator will support startups and growing businesses through every phase of their entrepreneurship journey.

Contact us

Contact Patricia Grant, Leeds Innovation Hub Manager,
for more information.