While LSE does not publicly disclose its banking partners for security reasons, we are still committed to ethical banking.
Our Finance Division meets regularly with our banking partners and requests information on sustainable cash deposits and liquidity funds, in which we could then choose to make a deposit. For example, we have recently invested in an ESG Liquidity Fund offered by one of our banks, with £7.4m held there at 2025/26 financial year end.
We also monitor the performance of our banks on Ethical Bank rating sites such as https://www.mymothertree.com/bank-league-table and read our banks' annual sustainability reports. If there is anything we are not satisfied with, we speak to our banks to request they consider ethical and sustainable banking practices, including in respect of fossil fuel expansion.
Please note that our cash and liquidity funds discussed above would fall under 'Cash and cash equivalents' in our Financial Statements, not under 'Non-current investments' - and therefore do not form part of LSE's endowment.