Managers of Wealth Offshore

Fast pandemic response could tackle climate crisis

Societies worldwide are changing overnight to meet the coronavirus threat. The climate crisis should match the rapid pandemic response.

Covid-19: a dress rehearsal for the climate emergency?

Since it was first detected in December 2019, the virus has spread rapidly, having been declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on 30 January 2020, and is now characterised as a pandemic by the World Health Organisation.

ESG in the boardroom

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) is a broad concept with no standard definition

Ethical investment and the challenges for trustees

While it is relatively straight forward to include investment parameters when establishing a trust, the issues are more difficult when the trust is already established and trustees have full investment powers.

Guernsey to host first Sustainable Finance Week

“Guernsey’s Sustainable Finance Week has a specific and perhaps unique focus - how to best leverage private wealth and capital to address the issue of climate change and the sustainability agenda,” he said.

Fidelity launches sustainable reduced carbon bond fund

Through an active engagement approach, the portfolio manager looks to identify companies transitioning towards a greener environment.

Skipton recognised for sustainable efforts

The Guernsey-based savings and mortgage bank aligned itself with four of the UN Sustainability Development Goals through the publication of its first Sustainability Report for 2019.

How Can Brands Boost Immunity Against the COVID-19 Virus

We gathered insights from the latest February reports from Boston Consulting Group (BCG), McKinsey & Company, and Kantar China, to give an overview of strategic alignment for companies to better survive through the COVID-19 crisis.

Climate Change For Investor

Guernsey has long been known as a jurisdiction which has had to adapt and be nimble in the face of global change.

POTENT CATALYSTS OF CHANGE by Bernadette McNeill,Ramsey Crookall

In the world of investment, these ideas were historically considered a clash of value and values and thought not particularly lucrative.

Guarding against the coronavirus, sustainably: Are reuseable face masks the answer?

Surgical masks have gone out of stock in supermarkets and pharmacies all over the world, while desperate consumers searching online for masks have reported incidences of profiteering and scams.

Hedge funds nudged to environmental and social investing

A survey of 135 institutional investors, hedge fund managers and long-only managers with total assets of US$6.25 trillion in 13 countries

Guernsey Green Fund to adopt EU green taxonomy

The fund requires assets to be invested in accordance with agreed international standards.

Luxembourg sets out five-year sustainability plan

The agency plans to lead on sustainability and drive innovation in responsible governance

Environmental issues dominate threat list

The challenges before us demand immediate collective action, but fractures within the global community appear to only be widening.

Reforesting Mauritius' Black River Gorges National Park

FORENA has also enlisted the support of local schools.

Climate change impacting property values

Higher elevation commanding higher prices

Davos 2020 and climate change: How investment risks have shifted over a decade

As recently as ten years ago the environment didn’t register in the top risks for discussion at the World Economic Forum. Now it dominates. This has important implications for investors.

How to Change Course on Climate

The situation is dire, but it’s not too late.

Sailing the ocean green: how are the new generation of superyachts owners embracing sustainability?

Sailing superyachts are one example of more eco-friendly sailing, and they have seen a surge in popularity and interest in past years.

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