Greenwashing in finance

Do you know anyone who lives in Hull? … How about Skegness? … Or the East of London? By 2100 – just one lifetime away – all of these cities and more will

Updated: Jun 14, 2022 The UK is just three degrees away from being underwater. Three. But the very thing that caused the crisis – money – can also become the solution. Here’s a run-down

Updated: Feb 7, 2022 A LOT of our Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) money goes to tech companies. Take the world’s 20 largest ESG funds – worth a combined $340 billion…. Microsoft, Alphabet, Apple, Meta

Updated: Apr 3, 2023 If you work in wealth management (or had the misfortune to be surrounded by people who do), you’ve likely heard this strange turn of phrase. Out of the blue, and

Updated: Oct 24, 2021 Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, Facebook. The top holdings in one of the world’s most popular Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) funds, the ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF. So they must be

Updated: Sep 13, 2021 Sustainable investors beware! BP may seem like a greener company nowadays, and it features on hundreds of ESG funds. But I believe it is all smoke and mirrors. Like all

Updated: Jun 10, 2021 This is the problem with publishing your opinions, isn’t it? Sometimes you find out that you got it wrong. A few weeks ago, I wrote this blog to try and

Updated: Jul 14, 2022 Fossil fuel companies cannot scale-up without money. They need banks to invest in them or lend some cash. Of course, this is hugely profitable for banks and asset managers. But

Updated: Jun 11, 2021 From game theories to daddy issues, there’s a lot going on for today’s wealth managers. And this workplace psychology makes a huge impact on the industry approach to Sustainable Investing.

Updated: Aug 6, 2020 ‘Sustainable Investing’ as a term is incredibly broad (Krosinky and Robins, 2012; Gerrard, 2015; Mclean, 2015), and fluid. Over time, different organisations have applied their own individual meanings. And so