Ethical & Sustainable Investing

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…

Net Zero Carbon 10 – NZC10

What is a Net Zero Carbon 10 target? The Net Zero Carbon 10 (NZC10) target helps funds better align investment…

The roots of ethical investing

Early ethical investing was based on religious teaching. Jewish law dating to Biblical times includes the responsibility of owners to…

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…