26. Sustainability – fad, fashion, or the future of investment?

From genetics to palm oil, the plastic epidemic to gender diversity, zero-hour contracts to tobacco, the depth and breadth of EdenTree’s research analysis is truly impressive. In this podcast, Neville White, head of Responsible Investment Policy and Research at EdenTree talks to use about how ethical investing has evolved and why biodiversity is the Cinderella of the investment world.

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EdenTree is a pioneer of responsible investing and EdenTree Amity UK is one of the oldest funds in its peer group. Managed by Sue Round for the past thirty years and, more recently, by co-manager Ketan Patel, this UK equity fund can invest in companies of any size, but will invest a large proportion in smaller and medium-sized firms.

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