George is the founder and Senior Partner of Pennine Wealth Solutions LLP (PWS) having retired from advising in February 2012. Launched in 2011 PWS provides packaged...
A message from the people at As You Sow: Is your retirement money invested in rainforest destruction? And if it is, do you want it to...
EQ Investors (EQ) reveals that the Alliance Trust Savings platform is making EQ’s specialist Positive Impact Portfolios available to advisers. Bringing impact investing to Alliance Trust Savings’ platform for...
Here is the latest quarterly update for the EQ Positive Impact Portfolios. They assess every fund against their 41 impact-based criteria. This update focuses on three of them; financial...
For six years Blue & Green has scoured the UK investment universe for positive options that enlightened investors can use to minimise their portfolios’ harm, maximise...
Large companies give huge amounts to charity. Last year the FTSE 100 handed over a combined total of £2.1bn in charitable giving, approximately 1.6% of their...
Introducing the Positive Impact Portfolios from EQ Investors. For investors who want to earn a strong financial return by investing in solutions to social and environmental...
Funding Circle is lending more and more money to British businesses. Funding Circle can help with a wide variety of business problems, including helping business growth,...
Good Energy, a leading energy supplier, has revealed its latest share offer, which has raised £3.1 million, experienced a huge oversubscription. Good Energy reported its customers...
The University of Cambridge stated it won’t invest directly in coal and tar sand companies after pressure from students and academics on fossil fuel investments. A...
Yesterday a coalition of investors backed the business and human rights benchmark, campaigners are calling on Kingfisher to raise the wages of B&Q employees, and ecobuild...
WWF has commissioned new research, published today, which focuses on green bonds. The research highlights the complexity that surrounds green bonds, commenting on the proliferation of...
Cement companies across the world need to up their sustainability game according to a new report. The report, which analyses the world’s largest cement companies, finds...
Yesterday’s headlines included news that two solar sites, one in Stratford-Upon-Avon and another near Chesterfield, had generated a surplus of energy in their first months of...
Damien Lardoux, Portfolio Manager at EQ Investors, has commented on the recent introduction of a new rating system at Morningstar, a leading fund ratings company. In...