Ethical & Sustainable Investing

Sustainable investing: a target for progress towards carbon-neutrality

Despite the growing sense of urgency around tackling climate change, not enough sustainable fund managers are challenging company boards on…

Sustainable investing: a target for progress towards carbon-neutrality

Despite the growing sense of urgency around tackling climate change, not enough sustainable fund managers are challenging company boards on…

The need for carbon-neutrality

Unsustainable human activities have generated threats including climate change, associated with rising sea levels, extreme weather, and flooding. Carbon emissions…

A Short History of Ethical Investing

The early history of ethical investing was based on religious teaching. Jewish law dating to Biblical times includes the responsibility…

Denying the deniers – global warming is no myth

Human activity is well established as the leading cause of global warming, with cumulative carbon dioxide emissions as the primary…

Zero Tolerance: Net-Zero Carbon

Dr Quintin Rayer and Dr Pete Walton tell us how P1’s Net-Zero Carbon 10 target is helping sustainable investors to…

Ethical investing: portfolio tilting and corporate engagement

Previous articles asked why ethical investment matters; introduced sustainable investing (with its emphasis on environmental, social, and governance issues, or…

Selecting ethical or sustainable investment funds

Introduction Previous articles asked why ethical investment matters [1], introduced sustainable (environmental, social and governance, or ESG) investing [2]; and…

Net-zero is only meaningful emissions target for ESG funds

Fund managers need to push companies much harder to achieve net-zero goals, but investors do have access to realistic and…

Zeroing in on ethical working contracts

COVID-19 has exposed the vulnerability of millions of UK workers employed on zero-hours contracts. For them, self-isolation means a sudden…