
Ideas to green-up mortgages
Most green mortgages today rely heavily on Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) ratings. If properties are energy-efficient (A or B rated), they can get lower rates and qualify for a discount. Or if homeowners

Most green mortgages today rely heavily on Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) ratings. If properties are energy-efficient (A or B rated), they can get lower rates and qualify for a discount. Or if homeowners

Let’s be honest, protecting the planet is hard work. Cargo ships instead of planes take forever. Organic food really hits you in the wallet. And every houseplant seems to die. So, I’ve been

Updated: Mar 10, 2022 Alexis Eyre has changed my work in a hundred tiny little ways. From the images I select to the carbon I emit, her LinkedIn posts push me to do better.

Updated: Mar 10, 2022 It’s not often you get an email from the CEO of the Chartered Banker Institute. I sat up straighter in my chair to read it. Simon Thompson was looking for

Updated: Mar 31, 2023 Ask a child to draw a millionaire twenty years ago, and they’d probably produce a squiggly sketch of middle-aged white man. Most likely, he’d be suited, booted and swinging a

Updated: Mar 10, 2022 A new way of writing about ESG and sustainability… I’m calling this short story Blue Winged Mysteries. But it could also be called “Change your pension to something green! Quick!”

Updated: Mar 10, 2022 … A super honest interview with James Purcell! James Purcell is the Group Head of ESG, Sustainable and Impact Investing for Quintet Private Bank. But I know him as the

The concept of sustainability, derives from the Latin verb ‘sustinere’, meaning ‘to hold’. And like its ancient namesake, it’s not a new thing. Believe it or not, it’s been going on for centuries.