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A glass half full: Covid-19 and advances in water and sanitation

By now we have looked at an overview of ESG, followed by innovations in technology, food, business, and transport. This week I’m imagining myself by the seaside with an ice cream cone in hand, gazing out over the vast ocean. I recently heard that water was originally not going to…

Jen PaiceMay 29, 2020

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Letters from Lockdown: Going the Disruptive Distance

It may soon be time to step out of our front doors and venture back into the big, wide world again. Our lives will take us all to different places and we will all get there in different ways. Many people will be wondering how they are going to travel…

Jen PaiceMay 22, 2020

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Letters from Lockdown: The Corporation and the Community Spirit

Ellie here again and this week I’ve been reflecting on what it’s been like to work from home, as well as thinking about my friends and family who have been furloughed or are at risk of redundancy. Thanks to Boris Johnson’s announcement last Sunday it appears the elephant in every board…

Jen PaiceMay 15, 2020

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Letters from Lockdown: A Recipe for Change

This week Rebecca’s letter from lockdown provides some food for thought about how our Responsible Futures portfolios link to UN Sustainable Development Goals number 2 and number 12. These are 2 - Zero Hunger and 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production, so you’ll probably be able to figure out that…

Jen PaiceMay 8, 2020

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Letters from Lockdown: How Covid-19 will reframe our relationship with technology

Our next letter has been prepared by trainee paraplanner and executive assistant, Ellie Maletto who takes a closer look at the role technology plays in the Responsible Futures portfolio. How Covid-19 will reframe our relationship with technology Technology features heavily in modern life, but over the last 6 weeks I…

Jen PaiceMay 1, 2020

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Letters from Lockdown: First surviving, then time for thriving

With a lot of people consuming more content online with many of us on lockdown at home, we have decided to launch a series of communications called “Letters from Lockdown”. Each week, one of our employees will write about their thoughts on how Covid-19 is affecting the world as we know it, as well as…

Jen PaiceApril 22, 2020

Pensions & Retirement

Future retirement security: More younger women opting out of pensions

Reading time: 1 minute > Young women are putting their future retirement security at risk by opting out of their workplace pension. The analysis shows a worrying spike in opt-outs, with 10.5% of women aged 22–29 opting out of their workplace pension. This compares to 8.1% of men in the…

Jen PaiceApril 21, 2020

Budgeting & Financial habits Savings & Investments

Get rich-quick schemes: financial fraud nets millions for organised crime scammers

Reading time: 2 minutes > Fraudulent get-rich-quick schemes are netting millions for organised crime. But investment scams can be difficult to spot because they’re designed to look like genuine investments, with most scammers having a professional-looking website and documents. In the first six months of last year, across all categories…

Jen PaiceApril 17, 2020

A glass half full: Covid-19 and advances in water and sanitation

Letters from Lockdown: Going the Disruptive Distance

Letters from Lockdown: The Corporation and the Community Spirit

Letters from Lockdown: A Recipe for Change

Letters from Lockdown: How Covid-19 will reframe our relationship with technology

Letters from Lockdown: First surviving, then time for thriving

Future retirement security: More younger women opting out of pensions

Get rich-quick schemes: financial fraud nets millions for organised crime scammers

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