Scottish Widows using pension power to fight climate change in £1.4bn green fund launch March 29, 2023 Pension giant Scottish Widows has launched £1.4bn worth of new green funds today which it said will inject into companies “helping to resolve nature and climate issues”.
Oil, gas and fracking key to UK’s green goals, says climate minister October 12, 2022 Oil, gas and fracking projects developed in the UK are good for the environment and energy security, argued the new Climate Minister.
Westminster push for North Sea fossil fuels slammed by climate groups September 2, 2022 Climate groups have criticised Westminster's latest attempts to boost oil and gas production in the North Sea.
Five doodles to explain climate investing in multi-asset June 14, 2022 Our multi-asset investment team has drawn five doodles that help you understand how they think about climate investing. 1. Sustainability is a two-way thing All investors should consider the impact of the climate on their portfolio. But investors whose portfolios have a sustainability objective should go one step further. They should consider the impact their portfolio [...]
As long as we talk in emotive terms like reparations, we make the climate political November 10, 2022 No matter if a delegate was wearing an Arabian thawb, an African dhuku or a Western business suit; all attendees I encountered at Cop27 in Sharm El-Sheik, Egypt were unanimous in recognising that action must be taken to stem the impact of climate change – and fast. It was clear from the very beginning of [...]
Sunak: We must ‘go faster’ on climate change after Putin’s Ukraine invasion November 7, 2022 Rishi Sunak told world leaders today that Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine was “a reason to go faster” on switching to renewable energy. The Prime Minister told the Cop27 climate summit that green energy is a “fantastic source of new jobs and growth”, while vowing to stick to the UK’s climate promises from last years’ [...]
Top investors call on government to boost female climate fight as Cop27 begins November 7, 2022 A group of top investors including Aviva and Legal & General Investment Management have called on governments to ramp up climate action today by enshrining the role of women within the fight against climate change.
The climate dilemma haunting crypto: Securing a sustainable future for decentralised finance August 19, 2022 David E Rutter - founder and Chief Executive of R3 - urges the crypto industry to get its climate house in order.
Crypto’s climate dilemma: securing a sustainable future for decentralised finance August 19, 2022 David E Rutter, founder and Chief Executive at R3, calls upon the crypto industry to get its climate house in order.
I might hate the beeping of induction, but in the stove climate wars I’ll turn the gas off January 19, 2023 Barry Johnston gives his take on the culture war pitting gas hobs against induction - and finds that it's time we think about what it means to make the switch, for the environment