Who are Impax Asset Management? Impax is an investment firm that manages £5.7 billion for institutional clients and wealth managers. Our funds focus on investing in environmental markets and resource efficiency across energy, water, waste, and food and agriculture. 2016 was a vintage year for performance and we are seeing increasing interest from investors who […]
This year could very well be the year of the activist investor. Both individuals and organisations are taking a more proactive approach when it comes to investment portfolios, both in shifting their assets into more socially responsible investment vehicles and using more sophisticated techniques to pressure boards into responsible action. From climate change to executive […]
Who are WHEB? WHEB is a specialist fund management boutique, focused on the opportunities created by the global transition to more sustainable, resource and energy efficient economies. Specifically, they invest in companies that make a positive sustainability impact. WHEB is independent and owner-managed and a certified B Corporation, and believes this structure makes it easier […]
The UN created 17 Sustainable Development Goals to provide a framework to drive change They are a set of global goals that governments around the world have adopted to address the principle social, economic and environmental issues of our time Impact investors and fund managers are starting to use the SDG framework when it comes […]
The seventh edition of the Annual Impact Investor Survey report, which has just been published by the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN), suggests that the $114bn in impact investing assets being managed by the survey respondents represents a “best available floor for the size of the…market”. In the report GIIN analyse investment activity across the […]
11 May 2017 FT Adviser press release here. Professional Adviser press release here. Worthstone, the impact investment hub for financial advisers, has launched the UK’s first social investment training manual and competency mark for financial advisers. The Adviser Competency Training (ACT) offers advisers the opportunity to learn about all key elements of social investment that […]