Day: 25 August 2024

Stewart Investors launches Global Emerging Markets (ex-China) Leaders Sustainability Fund

Stuart Mitchell

Stewart Investors, an active, long-only equity specialist focused on sustainable investing since 2005, has recently launched a Global Emerging Markets (ex-China) Leaders Sustainability Fund (“the Fund”). The Fund is available as a VCC for investors in EMEA and Asia, reflecting growing appetite among investors for the investment manager’s emerging markets-focused funds. The UCITS fund, managed by Jack Nelson, leverages the team’s decades of expertise and strong track record of investing in emerging markets. It will invest in high-quality companies with exceptional cultures, strong franchises, and resilient financials outside of mainland…

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PepsiCo reaches 2025 goal on water-use efficiency in high water-risk areas two years early

Stuart Mitchell

PepsiCo has announced that it reached its 2025 global goal of a 25% improvement in operational water-use efficiency in high water-risk areas, two years ahead of schedule1. In addition, the company was recognized by CDP, the global environmental non-profit, on the 2023 CDP A List for leadership in corporate transparency and performance on water security – putting PepsiCo in the top 0.5% of all 21,000 companies CDP scored.  As part of pep+ (PepsiCo Positive) – the company’s strategic end-to-end transformation – PepsiCo will continue working towards additional water stewardship ambitions, including…

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White House Council on Environmental Quality Announces Plans to Phase Out Single-Use Plastics Across All Federal Operations, Lays Out Vision for Future U.S. Action Against Single-Use Plastics

Stuart Mitchell

The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) recently issued the first-ever report out of the White House addressing plastic pollution, “Mobilizing Federal Action on Plastic Pollution: Progress, Principles, and Priorities.” The report is the culmination of the work of the Interagency Policy Committee (IPC) On Plastic Pollution and Circular Economy, formed in April 2023 alongside the EPA’s first-ever draft national strategy to address plastic pollution. In addition to cataloging actions already taken by the federal government to reduce plastic pollution, the report details federal focus areas for future intervention and clearly…

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INEOS Automotive and RNLI announce partnership

Stuart Mitchell

INEOS Automotive has become an official partner of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)), the charity that saves lives at sea. Over the next five years, the INEOS Grenadier will become the official vehicle of RNLI lifeboats and support the RNLI by helping their volunteer lifesavers launch to those who are in difficulty in the water and in need of their help. Over the duration of the partnership 20 Grenadier Station Wagons will be deployed at certain locations around the UK and Ireland to support the charity’s courageous volunteers in…

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Edinburgh University investment boost for social housing

Stuart Mitchell

The University of Edinburgh is investing £1 million in charities and social enterprises who support people at risk of homelessness. The money will be invested through social investor, Social and Sustainable Capital’s Social and Sustainable Housing Fund II (SASH II). SASH II is a socially positive investment fund that gives investors the opportunity to create societal benefits alongside a traditional financial return. The fund works by providing loans to charities and organisations to finance the purchase of properties for social housing and grow their own portfolio – something that isn’t…

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