US News (15 articles)

Bangladesh Statement: The Rana Plaza collapse

By Neil Brown, Alliance Trust on 16 June 2013 Thematic News

The collapse of the Rana Plaza on the 24th April in Bangladesh has once again focused attention on poor working conditions in the factories that supply garments.

Airpocalypse Now: China and its environmental problems

By Simon Clements, Alliance Trust on 12 June 2013 Thematic News

Environmental problems in China are increasingly getting to a point where the sacrifice for its rapid economic growth becomes unbearable. The problems range across the full spectrum, including the legendary smog, which includes dangerous particle matter, carbon emissions, and other dangerous pollutants, such as Sulphur Dioxide and Nitrogen Oxide.

Mobile payments: a structural investment theme

By Mike Appleby, Alliance Trust on 12 June 2013

The arrival of mobile payments, which is essentially the ability to use your phone as a wallet, is having a big impact on many sectors, and is throwing up some interesting investment opportunities. The IT research company, Gartner, project global mobile transaction growth to average 42 percent per year between 2011 and 2016 and estimate a market worth $617 billion with 448 million users by 2016.

Alliance Trust's performance proves SRI is a sensible investment approach

By Peter Michaelis, Alliance Trust on 3 June 2013

Sustainable Future Equity Fund performance over the past 10 years: no evidence of sacrificing investment returns or increased risk, but still two opposing camps?

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, Alliance Trust 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.

US EPA greenhouse gas regulations fuel debate in presidential election

By Carol Wong, Worldwise Investor on 5 September 2012 Thematic News

We examine the growing divide between the two US presidential campaign's energy policy and the debate over greenhouse gas regulations.

Shell investors warned about Arctic exploration risks

By Carol Wong, Worldwise Investor on 30 May 2012 Thematic News

Shell’s proposed drilling programme in Alaska this year is considered to be the first step by major international oil companies to exploit the final remaining frontier for off-shore resources: the Arctic. However, a recent report highlights the many questions that remain about the economic viability of Arctic projects - and the significant environmental risks that accompany them.