Impact investing

Survey: ESG appetite among investors drops for third consecutive year

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Survey: ESG appetite among investors drops for third consecutive year

Association of Investment Companies survey also suggests growing focus on 'transparency and disclosure' among UK investment professionals

clock 15 October 2024 • 5 min read
Study: Retail investors could raise more than £200bn for low-carbon energy infrastructure

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Study: Retail investors could raise more than £200bn for low-carbon energy infrastructure

But concerns about greenwashing are hampering efforts to expand the impact investing sector

clock 15 December 2023 • 2 min read
Survey: Impact investing attracting growing interest despite 'greenwashing' concerns

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Survey: Impact investing attracting growing interest despite 'greenwashing' concerns

American Century Investments survey found 63 per cent of UK respondents interested in impact investing, up from 48 per cent in 2020

clock 26 May 2022 • 2 min read

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Study: Informed investors opt for sustainable funds

Virtual investment experiment from CISL suggests providing investors with information on environmental impacts leads to increased demand for green funds

clock 22 October 2019 • 3 min read

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'This is a big deal': Moody's snaps up share in climate risk data firm Four Twenty Seven

Credit ratings giant said it wants to 'advance global standards for assessing environmental and climate risk factors'

clock 26 July 2019 • 2 min read

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Jeremy Grantham: Investors with climate-friendly strategies will be 'handsomely rewarded'

Veteran investor insists well-designed climate strategy offers investors better returns and lower risks than standard approach

clock 17 April 2019 • 3 min read

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Global sustainable investing assets surge to $30tr in 2018

ESG and impact investing has grown across all regions by 34 per cent in total since 2016

clock 03 April 2019 • 3 min read

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The Craftory leads $30m investment round in plant-based NotCo

'Hipster' investment fund joins Jeff Bezos family office in backing pioneering vegan food tech business

clock 04 March 2019 • 2 min read

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The risky business of ESG

Even when companies 'check the boxes' for ESG, they still face risks from climate change

clock 08 February 2019 • 4 min read

Investment

Investors urged to flex muscle in support of just transition

New report argues investors should engage with Just Transition risks in the same way as they are now engaging with environmental risks

clock 04 February 2019 • 6 min read