News (220 articles)

Ten companies to watch

By Mike Appleby, Alliance Trust on 9 May 2013 Thematic News

Below we highlight ten companies which demonstrate the Sustainable Future investment philosophy in practice and where they sit within our sustainability matrix.*

Broken Models

By Neil Brown, on 9 May 2013 Thematic News

Environmental economists have long recognised that great failing of our current economic system is that natural resources are rarely assigned any value. There has been no cost associated with overfishing; wetlands and forests can be depleted without impacting GDP; and there is no cost to using our atmosphere as a CO2dump.

Google: a Sustainable Company?

By Simon Clements, Alliance Trust on 9 May 2013 Thematic News

The Alliance Trust Investments SRI Hub

By Mike Appleby, Alliance Trust on 7 May 2013 Thematic News

Have your say on key sustainability issues. Alliance Trust Investments has launched an SRI hub; an industry meeting point to discuss everything from stock ideas to climate change and the Retail Distribution Review.

Consumers beware - Triodos Bank direct offer launch may be expensive to ethical investors

By Mark Hoskin, IFA at Holden & Partners on 7 May 2013 Market News

The news that Triodos bank has launched two new ethical funds to the UK market should come as good news, but consumers need to be wary because while Triodos is a very well respected brand the initial costs to invest are high for those with a financial adviser, or who usually use a platform to invest. This is because Triodos have not made their two new funds available through the normal distribution channels, with Triodos bank acting as the sole distributor.

Impax Asian Environmental Markets PLC set to close

By Mark Hoskin, IFA at Holden & Partners on 5 May 2013 Fund News

The Board of Impax Asian Environmental Markets plc has bowed to pressure from activist shareholders to close down the investment trust. By returning money to shareholders investors in the trust will profit from reducing the difference between the share price and the company's net asset value. The following statement was released by the Board...

The collapse of solar giants and the rise of an industry

By Simon Webber, Schroders on 1 May 2013 Thematic News

We examine the collapse of the world's largest Chinese solar manufacturer, Suntech and what impact this might have.

Investing in global agriculture

By Simon Webber, Schroders on 1 May 2013 Thematic News

Agricultural resources are a significant part of our strategy and make up over 10% of our climate change investments. In fact, for the last few years, weather disruption has been the biggest single factor in keeping grain inventories low and consequently prices high.

Latest acquisition to boost the ethical investment market

By Arabella Murphy, Worldwise Investor on 20 March 2013 Market News

Royal London strikes a deal worth £220m for Co-op's life insurance and asset management arms, including the takeover of 5 sustainable screened funds, enhancing its offerings in the socially responsible investment market.

Human Rights: Human Wrongs

By Neville White, Ecclesiastical on 26 February 2013 Thematic News

Ecclesiastical's recent Amnity Insight report "Human Rights: Human Wrongs" examines human rights as an emerging corporate risk and what businesses should do to address this.