Meet the fund managers: Valuing the human experience April 1, 2024 In this weekly series, investment reporter Elliot Gulliver-Needham sits down with a fund manager for a Q&A. This week, we’re hearing from Obe Ejikeme, manager of Carmignac Portfolio Human Xperience fund. How does your fund stand out from others in the same market? The Carmignac Human Xperience fund focusses exclusively on the importance of both [...]
Five questions with Francesca Brady, co-founder and chief executive of AirRated March 28, 2024 Every week, Ambition A.M. passes the pen (or keyboard) to a founder eager to share the unfiltered stories fuelling Britain’s entrepreneurial spirit. This week, we spotlight Francesca Brady, co-founder and chief executive of indoor air quality certification firm AirRated. Have you ever wondered what is in the air in your own home? Well, Brady did, [...]
Social impact 101 With Clearwater International: Supporting Disadvantaged Young People With Financial Education March 27, 2024 | Sponsored Welcome to the Social Impact 101 series by EVERFI from Blackbaud, where businesses and their leaders across the UK – and overseas – talk about how their social impact programmes are supporting overall business objectives and making a positive difference to the lives of young people all over the UK, and beyond… Each edition of [...]
Why Financial Institutions Cannot Ignore the CSDDD March 25, 2024 | Sponsored Activists seek to change corporate behaviour by pressing for regulation. That regulation is then used as a standard to scrutinise companies. Upon finding the regulation insufficient, they push for its scope to be widened and strengthened, thus bringing more players into the ambit of the binding regulation. The EU Corporate Supply Chain Due Diligence Directive [...]
FuturePlus Helps Nobu London Portman Square to Achieve Travel Sustainable Level 3 Rating on Booking.com March 21, 2024 | Sponsored FuturePlus works with hotels around the globe to help them track, measure and continuously improve their sustainability across five themes: Climate, Environment, Social, Economic, and Diversity and Inclusion Nobu Hotel London Portman Square, part of the renowned Nobu Hotels luxury hotel group, has appointed sustainability management and ESG reporting platform FuturePlus to help it track, [...]
Wickes plots expansion in home solar energy market after slight profit boost in 2023 March 19, 2024 Pretax profit in 2023 was slightly higher than 2022, rising to £41.1m from £40.3m.
Wind farms, pylons and an ‘electrical spine’: Inside the National Grid’s plan to overhaul UK power March 19, 2024 The ambitious plan involves the upgrading or laying of around 7,000 miles of electricity cables
European Green Transition picks London to dig for key metal success March 17, 2024 The group will focus on distressed or under-valued green assets across Europe
Activist Bluebell: BP net zero plan still too green – and other shareholders agree March 17, 2024 BP first faced calls to change its net zero strategy from Bluebell Capital Partners in January
Shell chief nets £8m as firm moves goalposts on net zero strategy March 14, 2024 Wael Sawan's pay packet totals nearly the same as that received by his BP counterpart