Those of us who tend to leave things to the last moment and put off difficult decisions are very well placed to understand…
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TIME’S UP: it’s ‘code red’ for greenwashing fund managers
It’s seven years since Chris Welsford’s keynote speech to the annual Investment Week Sustainable Investment conference…
Continue readingThe Welsford Report – Plastic in the Food Chains – September 2017
Plastic waste has in recent years become a big topic in public debate, due in part to a growing number of reports about the pollution of our oceans and soil. An estimated 100,000 tonnes of plastic has made its way into the world’s oceans and it is thought to pose a huge risk to the food chain. The potential environmental impact of this phenomenon is only just beginning to be understood, but harrowing images of seabirds with stomachs full of plastic and turtles with plastic straws embedded in their nasal cavities are becoming commonplace on many of our social media news feeds. It is an undeniable truth that non-recyclable plastic packaging poses a serious risk to the environment and the sustainable future of life on earth.
Continue readingFirst the Arctic now the Amazon – We Respond to BP’s Plan’s to Drill Near the Environmentally Sensitive Amazon Reef
Letter to Bob Dudley, CEO of BP Dear Mr Dudley I am an asset manager looking after a significant number of socially responsible investment portfolios […]
Continue readingKeynotes January 2016 – The Bear In Room
Since April 2015 the ‘Share Bear’ has been knocking on the door. A ‘Bear’ in Stock Market terms is the downward trending of share prices. People […]
Continue readingKeynotes December 2015 – What Came First, The Risk or the Reward? Chickens and what they know about investing!
Finger Licking Good – A Risk Worth Taking? I have the great pleasure of a rural working environment that includes chickens wandering about right outside […]
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