Knowledge and Insight - Environment

The last 12 months delivered many shocks to the markets, but positive news emerged towards the end of the year with COP27 and COP15 summits reiterating the urgent need to halt the climate crisis and to protect and enhance natural habitats for a more sustainable future.

After a few days of reflection following a historic agreement being reached at COP15 to reverse nature loss this decade, our stewardship and engagement lead, Sophie Lawrence shares her five key takeaways from the global biodiversity conference.

Nicola Day reflects on the key takeaways from COP27.

Concerns about the UK government’s mini-budget led to highly volatile markets, but will the government’s plans for growth also have longer-term negative implications for the UK’s climate targets and environmental laws?

The Rathbone Greenbank engagement review represents a small snapshot of our engagement activity in 2021 and our plans for 2022.

With the cost-of-living crisis showing no sign of abating, this month’s Market Update considers the risks of energy and food shortages this winter, and a longer-term global recession - and what governments (and the financial sector) could do to help, while ensuring that emissions targets and net zero goals are met.

Rathbone Greenbank Investments hosted its 25th annual Investor Day on the topic of how to build a healthier food system, with a particular focus on the UK. 

Are we heading for a global recession? In this month's Greenbank Market Update we look at the cost-of-living crisis in UK and Europe, implications of policies in US and China, and famines impacting the Global South.

Press Release: The Investor Coalition on UK Food Policy, led by Greenbank, replied to the UK Government’s white paper response to the National Food Strategy.

In this month's Greenbank Market Update we look at food security, UK energy strategy and European energy, against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine.

In the race to create a just transition to a low carbon economy, ensuring that our homes are future-fit for both people and planet is a key challenge. Nowhere is this more crucial than in social housing. 

‘Health and Wellbeing’ is one of Rathbone Greenbank’s (Greenbank) eight sustainable development themes that guide the way we invest for the long-term. In this article, Greenbank explains what the risks and opportunities are for investors as the food system undergoes massive, consumer-led changes, and outlines how shareholders can drive positive change at scale.