Responsible Investment Insights

Making sense of environmental, social and governance ratings when investing.

Fears may be overdone that UK bosses will move to higher-paid jobs across the Atlantic.

Archie Pearson, a member of our stewardship team, talks about how investors can fight modern slavery, in a video to mark Anti-Slavery Week.

Modern slavery is on the rise. We’re part of the fight against it.

Exploring ways to create positive outcomes for society with your investments.

We need to guard against AI risks

Explains how we invested, engaged and voted with ESG issues in mind.

In late October 2023, the UK government backed calls for a global moratorium on deep-sea mining over concerns about its impact on the environment, after dozens of British scientists signed a letter entreating Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to do so.

Can we use the universe’s most abundant element to make a major contribution to painting the world green?

Sets out our responsible investment record in 2022, including engagement and voting.

• Votes Against Slavery initiative saw non-compliant FTSE 350 Index companies targeted with investor action
• 2022 marks the third year of the campaign

The construction industry’s vital role in fighting climate change.

Our review of the voting season.

Our booklet explains our four core principles, or pillars, of responsible investment and how we put them into practice.

Our approach to responsible investing, in particular our use of proxy voting to encourage sustainable practices among the companies we invest in, has recently been recognised with two major industry awards.

Helen Wilson, responsible business lead for Rathbones Group, outlines our strategy for delivering on our commitment to achieve zero carbon emissions by 2050 and minimising climate-related risk in our investment portfolios.

A recent survey into charities’ action to tackle climate change suggests many organisations need to do more to prioritise environmental awareness and care for the planet.

The fortunes of all investors – charities included – are bound up to some extent with global economic growth. We look at how the transition to net zero could play out on the global economic stage over the longer term – and, by implication, how that could impact on investors’ portfolios.

The charity inspired by the father of modern computing has shown that giving old computers new life has environmental as well as social benefits.

Responsible investment – thinking about environmental, social and governance issues as an investor and shareholder – is a priority at Rathbones.

Rathbones has launched its third Votes Against Slavery engagement, securing support from 122 investors with assets under management totalling £9.6 trillion.

Welcome to our first responsible business report.