One to watch ... Good health is the bedrock for a thriving society. Externalising the costs of selling unhealthy products is yesterday's business model, not today's. That's why investors think companies like Nestlé can do better.

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🎧Our latest IMPACT = podcast episode is out now!

In this episode, we spoke to Kieron Boyle from the Impact Investing Institute to discuss the evolution of impact investing and the UK’s place in the global industry.

Listen to the full and wide-ranging episode here: bii.co.uk/en/news-insigh…

Excellent piece from Kieron Boyle on why the apparently obscure subject of pension funds’ legal duties matters profoundly to every one of us. It’s long past time to reform the law in this space.
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This, I think, is entirely right. One of the clearest lessons from Covid isn't that the UK has huge (and preventable) challenges with ill health — we knew that. It's that the impact of these hides in plain sight and affects every aspect of political and economic life. The Times and The Sunday Times

Every time I see a headline like this (which is incredible), I can’t help but wonder what would be achieved if the same energy and resources went into closing the 10 year difference in life expectancy between those with lots of money and those with the least #healthinequalities

Our CEO Kieron Boyle wrote about the importance of mobilising more capital for a fair and inclusive transition to a net zero economy for EnvironmentalFinance this week. Read the full piece here: bit.ly/48qGpR8

I've written for EnvironmentalFinance that if we're serious about achieving a net zero economy, we need to think in more rounded terms about people and planet. What's clear is that a #JustTransition is the only transition likely to succeed at the pace needed

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Great piece from Sarah Gordon in the Financial Times on how blended finance can help Britain catch up on #climate (and other policy areas too, from #earlyyears to #health ) — there are tried and tested pathways for the UK to follow, and a huge opportunity to seize

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Do read this powerful blog from Catherine Howarth at ShareAction on the need for impact to be central to investment decisions if the world is going to meet our great challenges around climate transition and rising social inequality.

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Enormous encouragement or huge potential yet unrealised? I’ve written a few thoughts on #impinv . To me the question isn’t will impact become central to investment — it will and increasingly is. The questions are how quickly this can happen, and how well.

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