up over the last year: NFT. NFT stands for ‘non-fungible token’. So what exactly is an NFT and should we start filling our (digital) stockings with them?
Microfinance – how it can protect the most vulnerable against the effects of climate change and incentivise sustainable business practices.
It’s been in the news for a while, but over the past few months, coverage of Bitcoin has gone a bit crazy. With high levels of investment, including some high-profile backers, the value of Bitcoin has increased 6x in the past year! But what is not widely publicised are the environmental implications of this craze – are Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies a…
You may have seen the headline a few weeks ago – ‘HSBC agrees to phase out funding of coal industry due to shareholder pressure.’ This was big news, not only as it signifies a commitment by one of the largest institutions to a net-zero carbon future, but also as this commitment was brought about by shareholders – businesses, people and organisations owning…
The budget announcement of last week has been viewed by many within the green community as underwhelming and insufficient. This week we’re exploring where and how the government could be doing more to stimulate a green recovery. The opacity we are facing in assessing the budget’s green policies is seemingly densening, as the latest critics of Rishi Sunak’s budget scramble to draw…
Money makes the world go round, so the old adage says, and with the asset management market worth an estimated $110 trillion, that’s plenty of inertia. As we know, the rise of the conscious consumer has increasingly channelled that force into buying products which go some way towards protecting the environment – but there’s only so much that switching to reusable cups,…
We explore how large investors are changing environmental practises of companies from within… When implementing a sustainable investment strategy there are multiple paths to take: ‘Screening’ is one of the most commonly used approaches, with the vast majority of asset managers claiming to be doing this across their investment universe. This consists of the exclusion of investments from a portfolio of the…
As the tide in morally responsible ESG investing shows no sign of slowing, and accusations of greenwashing fly around like facemasks on 2020 streets – we look into how, or if, the investment industry is truly moving the dial towards contributing to a more sustainable world. Why has ESG investing become so popular? As explained in our Green Finance intro, ESG or…
What is Green Finance? Green finance is about spending and saving your pounds in a manner that helps to move us towards a climate-friendly future. Green finance, ethical investment and sustainable finance are terms that are becoming increasingly prolific within the financial sector. And as active participants in the local and global economy, we can use our money to act out our…