National Geographic team up with flash memory maker
by Alan Harten
The National Geographic Society has selected PNY Technologies, manufacturers of flash memory and USB drives, for a three year worldwide joint venture as a Mission Partner and "Flash Memory of Choice”. PNY intend to work with the select group of corporate partners using National Geographic's strong brand identity and retail and distribution channels to help inspire people to care about the planet, as part of the Emerging Explorers Program. The partnership ...
English households recycle 33% of waste
by David Masters
New statistics released by the Department for Environment, Food and Agriculture (Defra) reveal that the level of household rubbish recycled in England has risen above 33%. The most up to date quarterly figures submitted by local governments to the central WasteDataFlow database show that between October 2006 and September 2007 English households recycled an average of 33.2% of their rubbish. This is a significant increase on the 30.6% rate between ...
Al Gore raises $683 million
by Alan Harten
Al Gore’s baby, the Climate Solutions Fund, has managed to raise a whopping $683 million in funding through Generation Investment Management, and that is just the initial funding round, of shaking its tin cup. The soft closure of the Al Gore chaired, Global Equity Strategy fund has left it with $2.2 billion in the bank. They also intend to grab up to $5 billion by 2010, and this makes it ...
‘Ethical’ funds ignore climate change
by David Masters
An investigation by independent financial advisers (IFAs) has found that very few ethical and socially responsible funds invest in companies that are directly involved in improving the environment. IFAs Holden and Partners investigated the top 10 ethical and socially responsible funds in the UK. Their resulting report warns those with a green conscience to read the small print before putting their money in ethical funds. Because a fund is labelled 'ethical' ...
Ethical pensions on the rise
by David Masters
In 2000, the government made it compulsory for pension providers to tell customers whether consideration of social, environmental or ethical factors influences the choices they make when investing. Now - according to new research - ethical pensions are becoming the investment of choice for an increasing number of people. The research, conducted by Co-operative Insurance (CIS), a leading personal pensions provider in the UK, found that half of new personal pension customers ...
Virgin Money Launches New ‘Climate Change Fund’
by Brian Turner
As consumers increasingly look to go green, research reveals that investing in environmentally aware companies can improve investment performance Virgin Money is launching the innovative Virgin Climate Change Fund which will invest in high performing, environmentally focused companies to drive market beating investment returns. Unlike typical 'green' funds, The Virgin Climate Change Fund can invest in all industry sectors but will only invest in companies with lighter than average environmental footprints for ...