A wall of money is going into building out the green infrastructure required to facilitate the global energy transition. This starts with electrifying power generation all the way through to transmitting and storing this energy before it is eventually consumed.At the same time, indebted governments are increasingly looking to private companies to help solve the global water challenge.Water is an e

Huge swathes of Europe, North America, Asia and Africa have endured boiling conditions this summer, with the majority of scientists pinning the blame for the planet's exceptional heat and rain, as well as wildfires in countries such as Greece and Canada, on human activity.Data from the EU-funded Copernicus Climate Change Service showed that the first three weeks of July were the warmest three-week

Inflation and rising interest rates have created a tougher backdrop for higher growth companies including those operating in environmental markets, yet the investment case for businesses trying to make the world a better, cleaner place is only strengthening.Drivers include the policy push towards net-zero emissions and actions to address energy security issues. One way to gain exposure to the ESG

In late September 2021, when the UK market had its most recent wobble, many ESG or 'sustainable' stocks and funds experienced a sharper sell-off than the FTSE All-Share index, prompting some to wonder if the boom in ethical investing had run its course.Fast forward to today and the best of those ethical stocks and funds are trading at even higher levels than the start of September. Sustainable inv

'Form is temporary, class is permanent' runs the old adage often used to describe sportsmen and sportswomen, though the maxim can also be applied in the investment industry, where you'll find a cohort of collectives that consistently do the business for their holders.Funds that routinely outperform over economic and stock market cycles must be pursuing a winning process that should pique the inter

Shares in Impax Environmental Markets (IEM), the investment trust which buys stocks involved in the cleaner and more efficient delivery of energy, water and waste services, gained 1% to 454p after the firm reported a 31% net asset value total return in the year to December as total assets surpassed £1 billion for the first time.Net asset value per ordinary share rose to 411.2p from 321.8p the pre

If the 2010s represented the temperamental teenage years of sustainable and ethical investing, 2020 marked its 'rite of passage' to adulthood. During the first quarter of 2020, even as markets around the world nosedived and global fund outflows hit $385 billion, sustainable funds saw net inflows of $45.6 billion according to Morningstar.As the industry matures there are those who can imagine a tim

Global markets and investors have been held captive by the Covid-19 pandemic in recent months, and rightly so. But as the global conversation gradually moves on from saving lives to savings jobs and shoring up economies, climate change remains the elephant in the room.In April the UK economy shrank by 20.4%, an unwanted record decline that shows the severity of the current challenge to our economy

Travel operator TUI (TUI) is to lose its place in the FTSE 100 after its recent share price slump made it too small to qualify for the blue chip index.Index provider FTSE Russell reshuffles the FTSE 100 basket every quarter, ejecting any stock whose ranking drops below 110, and promoting into the index any that ranks 90 or higher.TUI shares have fallen by 42% year-to-date as investors worry that t

Last Friday (20 Sep) saw coordinated demonstrations around the world by young people angry at what they see as a lack of progress by governments and businesses in tackling climate change. This topic is becoming increasingly important to investors.The latest data from the World Meteorological Organization shows that the five-year period from 2014 to 2019 is the warmest on record.The amount of green

Some people believe emerging markets have the potential for significant returns.As development in these markets emerges, the opportunity for growth should in theory be better than a market that is already developed. However, this can also come with significant volatility attached.And EM, as it's also known, is a big, broad area covering a lot of different countries in the world. Picking a fund tha

There are now a multitude of investments offering exposure to ESG themes as investors seek to benefit from environmental, social and governance strategies. Having researched the space for our two-part series on ESG investing, we've pulled together a portfolio of active and passive funds which specialise in certain areas or give you broad exposure to the ESG universe.You can either buy all of the

Companies must now demonstrate they are being run responsibly and have adopted policies to address environmental issues.More and more people want to know about the provenance of foods they purchase, labour practices, whether products are tested on animals, if the manufacturing process contaminates the local rivers and so on.One place to find out if a company is environmentally-friendly is to look

Ethical investing is not a fad. It is becoming increasingly mainstream with figures from the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance showing global sustainable investment topped $30trn in 2018.Given that regulatory and political pressure is helping to push the environmental agenda, anger is growing over the gap between executive pay and that of ordinary workers, and shareholders continue to count t

Anyone who has picked up a newspaper or tuned into the news in the last fortnight will have noticed that climate change has managed to topple Brexit as the hot topic of discussion in the UK.Just a week ago, a group of environmental protesters glued themselves across the entrance to the London Stock Exchange while others staged a 'die-in' at the Natural History Museum and thousands more blocked Wat

Investors of a certain vintage will recall the stock-market adage, 'Sell in May and go away, don't come back until St Leger Day'.The saying is based on the belief that returns during the summer months are negative so you should 'time' the market by selling out completely at the beginning of May and reinvesting in September in time for the horse racing meeting on St Leger Day.Once upon a time there

When the 'Beast from the East' was at its height, sweeping through the British Isles and bringing freezing temperatures and heavy snow showers, electricity and gas transmission utility National Grid (NG.) warned the UK was running out of gas. There was a genuine risk of industrial users seeing their supply disrupted.Wholesale gas prices surged 74% on the day as the freezing temperatures led to a b

There is a common misconception that investing for children is the preserve of wealthy parents.It's actually possible to build a decent-sized nest egg by saving small amounts of money each month into a stocks and shares Junior ISA.If you invest £30 a month from birth, your child could benefit from a pot worth £10,169 by the time they reach age 18, assuming an investment return of 5% a year after

Ethical and sustainable investing used to be thought of as a charitable endeavour that places principles before profits, but there is growing evidence to suggest it can lead to better long-term returns.There are now around 200 funds in the UK that claim to invest sustainably, putting much more choice at investors' fingertips.You need to dig deep to ensure the fund meets your criteria because manag

Good financial planning can make a big difference between a happy life and one that is more stressful due to worries about money. We all have big events in our lives that require a cash outflow and so it really helps to be financially prepared.Growing concern in the UK about rising consumer debt is particularly relevant. Too many people rely on credit to fund their lifestyles and too few people ar