Rio Tinto cuts ties with Russia March 10, 2022 Rio Tinto became the first major mining company to announce it was severing ties with Russian businesses following the invasion of Ukraine.
Data: The lifejacket that keeps ESG afloat April 11, 2023 If the year is 1983 and you find yourself in Fiji looking at a notice asking you to reuse your hotel towels for the sake of the environment, then your name is probably Jay Westerveld and you’re about to come up with the term “greenwashing”. Mr. Westerveld was lodging in a beach resort undergoing large, [...]
Mark Kleinman: Challenging times for challenger banks June 27, 2024 Mark Kleinman is Sky News’ City Editor and is the man who gets the Square Mile talking in his weekly City A.M. column. Today, he looks at challenger banks, Carlsberg's Britvic play and office space woes
Sustainable partnerships June 1, 2023 With increasing focus being placed on CSR and ESG policies, the push for firms to take action to help tackle the UK’s climate challenge has never been stronger. This moment of increased engagement presents businesses across the UK with a unique opportunity to form partnerships and collaborations to enhance processes, products, and services, all in [...]
Founders not investors now hold the power, says Innocent-founder turned venture capitalist April 7, 2022 London venture capital is now so buoyant that startup founders are batting away investors, says Richard Reed.
Brexit deal: Sunak says Northern Ireland in ‘unbelievably special position’ with access to both UK AND EU markets February 28, 2023 Rishi Sunak insisted that his new Brexit deal for Northern Ireland addressed the concerns of unionists despite the “small and limited” role for European Union law and its court – while giving Belfast an “unbelievably special position”. The Prime Minister, who was visiting Northern Ireland to sell the deal secured with the European Union, said [...]
Ronaldo scores top spot on Instagram rich list June 30, 2021 Cristiano Ronaldo has soared to the top of Instagram’s annual rich list, crowning him king among celebrities who can charge the most money for a sponsored post on the social media platform. The footballer can reportedly now charge as much as £1.2m to endorse a product on social media and post to his 307 million [...]
Impact-Weighted Accounting: the missing ingredient? March 9, 2021 Sustainable investment capital increasingly demands evidence that positive impact is produced alongside positive financial return. Once adopted by investors, transparent impact metrics will initiate a rotation in portfolios that moves them away from ‘impact negative’ and toward ‘impact positive’ investments. This impact-driven rotation should produce environmental, social and governance (ESG) Alpha for investors. Impact is [...]
London-based food-tech platform Taster raises $37m in funding April 29, 2021 London-based digital restaurant platform Taster has raised $37m in series B funding, led by Cazoo-backing firm, the company confirmed today. Backed by the same firm that helped used-car platform Cazoo land its £5bn valuation, Octopus Ventures, Taster has capitalised on the growth seen within the food delivery industry over the last 18 months. “If McDonald’s [...]
City A.M. TV: Daily Market Snapshot (video) February 10, 2021 On the surface, risk assets appear to be bullet proof. Commodities including copper and oil, for example, keep trending higher and made new highs yesterday, while certain equity indices such as the Russell 2000 have extended their recent gains (the index is now up 16 per cent YTD). In this brief clip, though, we dig [...]