sustainability

Globally, governments are setting emission targets, some even with a 2050 deadline. This presents a colossal challenge for companies, particularly considering that the...

WHEB is a specialist fund manager with a core mission of advancing sustainability and creating prosperity through positive impact investments. Unlike the traditional...

It’s become impossible to ignore extreme weather phenomena. In Australia, uncontrollable bushfires, storms and floods destroy people’s homes and possessions far too...

Whitehelm is a specialist infrastructure manager with over 23 years of investment experience. Over this time, Whitehelm has established an outstanding track record...

Global warming is one of the defining challenges of the 21st century. Unaddressed, modelling demonstrates it will have a potentially catastrophic impact on our planet...

Corporate culture is a hallmark of quality businesses, yet often overlooked by investors in favour of more quantitative touchpoints. A quality culture can drive...

The WHEB team has a fifteen-year track record in sustainable investing. Looking back over this period, we can say that this is undoubtedly the most exciting period in...

It is not unusual for investors to be captivated by emerging technology but for Ted Franks from the Pengana WHEB Sustainable Impact Fund, the COVID-19 crisis has first...

We are seeing an increased desire from investors to invest with impact; but is there sufficient integrity in the market? In the early years of Responsible investing -...

Life can’t exist without water and modern life would grind to a halt without waste collection and recycling services, making them some of the most defensive investment...

A new form of capitalism is emerging. Evolution of business was always headed this way, we just didn't realise it. It was never going to be sustainable to...

Executive summary Sustainability has historically been the focus of large cap investors, but these factors are even more important in Australian small cap investing....

We kick off the Firetrail Analyst Series with a wire focussing on why we like packaging giant Amcor (ASX:AMC) in the current environment. The packaging giant is often...

Sustainable investing has grown exponentially in recent years. In the US, net flows into sustainable funds reached $20.6 billion in 2019, more than four times the...

New diseases have a particular power to capture the imagination. There’s just a lot about them which is scary. They grow and spread fast. We’re accustomed to thinking...

As the climate debate continues to elevate and financial risks begin to mount, we expect ESG factors to become increasingly important in the investment decision-making...

What a difference a year makes. Brexit may not have progressed far, but in the 12 months since my 2018 trip to London, it’s clear that environmental, social and...

The property sector is one of Australia’s largest carbon emitters, contributing more than 20% of Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions. In fact, the buildings we live...

When Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth” was released 13 years ago, it brought the issue of climate change to the fore of people’s minds around the world. It might...

Whether you’ve heard of it or not, ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) investing is already big business. Bank of America claims it has doubled in the past few...