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The 1.5C transition challenge
Mike Appleby, investment manager at Liontrust's Sustainable Investment Team, explains how it is engaging with companies to enhance climate action
Building better cities: from Los Angeles to Copenhagen
Better cities are not just about adapting to climate change - they should also be designed so the benefits of urbanisation are fully shared and inclusive, writes Liontrust's Peter Michaelis
Facing up to Covid, climate and equality challenges
The current crisis should support and accelerate many trends and themes integral to sustainability, writes Liontrust's Peter Michaelis
Nuclear power: still 'no thanks' in 2020?
Peter Michaelis, head of Liontrust's Sustainable Investment Team, considers whether new nuclear power is a worthwhile investment in the race to net zero
The Covid-19 crisis can accelerate sustainable investment
If the crisis has taught us anything, it is that we need to face challenges head on and not hope they just go away, writes Liontrust's Mike Appleby
Reasons to be positive
The story of businesses delivering strong growth and profits while helping to tackle climate change, biodiversity collapse, and poverty has a long way to run, argues Liontrust's Peter Michaelis
Investing beyond meat
Clean energy tends to dominate the climate conversation, but the shift toward more sustainable diets is also gathering pace, argues Martyn Jones of Liontrust's Sustainable Future UK Growth Fund
Liontrust challenges companies to reach absolute zero carbon emissions
The ‘One and a Half Degree Transition Challenge’ calls for over 200 companies held by the team’s equity and bond funds to provide a plan by the end of 2020 for reaching zero carbon emissions
One less email a day to keep climate change at bay
As the digital world comes to encompass every conceivable field of human endeavour, we also have to be conscious of the potential environmental impact, argues Liontrust's Harriet Parker
Are we nearing 'peak car'?
People are increasingly realising driving is no longer fun nor convenient, and investors should take note, argues Liontrust's Neil Brown
How to dodge the greenwash - is your fund sustainable?
With so many so-called sustainable funds coming to the market, it is increasingly important to identify 'greenwashing' in practice, where groups are talking up their credentials in this space without the expertise or track record to back it up
Beware the climate change goggles
We need to make people understand that driving sustainable development is about much more than low carbon energy, argues Liontrust's Mike Appleby
Increasing tailwinds behind renewables
Wind turbine manufacturers are on the winning side of the world's changing energy mix, reports Liontrust's Mike Appleby
Investing in the energy transition
Liontrusts' Mike Appleby:'The market is massively underestimating the magnitude and persistence of this trend towards renewables