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John Lewis Partnership and abrdn announce £500m joint venture to build residential rental homes

Stuart Mitchell

The John Lewis Partnership has agreed a £500m multi-decade joint venture with global investment company abrdn to deliver around 1,000 new homes across three local communities.  The deal marks a milestone in the Partnership’s plans to use its significant property assets to build much-needed residential homes and diversify our business. The joint venture will help us to reach 10 percent of our ambition to build 10,000 new homes over the next decade.  Within the UK’s growing ‘built-to-rent’ property market, this is a long-term joint venture that brings together abrdn’s experience…

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New range of funds launched for charities with ESG focus

Stuart Mitchell

Charities Aid Foundation’s subsidiary, CFSL, is partnering with abrdn to launch a new range of funds for charitable investors with a focus on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) factors. The range intends to offer value for money whilst ensuring that investments contribute towards the long-term benefit of the causes that charities support. The new range will open for an initial offer period from 16 May to 10 June 2022, and will formally launch on 13 June 2022. abrdn are a market-leader in investment management with ESG at the core of…

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UNESCO and abrdn partner to promote environmental sustainability through research, education and innovation solutions

Stuart Mitchell

UNESCO and the abrdn Charitable Foundation (aCF) have announced a 3-year partnership today, to promote environmental sustainability through research and education with the goal of developing innovative solutions to environmental concerns. As the first financial services company to enter into a partnership with UNESCO, abrdn, through the aCF, will support UNESCO programmes on environmental sustainability, climate change and water and ocean science. UNESCO and the abrdn Charitable Foundation (aCF) intend to establish an advisory board comprised of representatives from both organisations. The members of the advisory board will be selected…

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abrdn donates one million pounds to the charity Hello World

Stuart Mitchell

abrdn, the FTSE100 business previously known as Standard Life Aberdeen, donates one million pounds to the charity Hello World, providing digital education and internet connectivity where it is most needed. abrdn’s donation will considerably advance Hello World’s invaluable work to reduce the global education deficit and the digital divide.  Hello World will now be able to expand its programme and build a further 64 solar-powered, internet-enabled education Hubs in Uganda. “Acting with courage and conviction, being optimistic about the future and building powerful partnerships are all important attributes of the…

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