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A happy festive season and best wishes for 2025, from all of us at Greenbank! Artwork: Elizabeth Levett marketing executive at Greenbank.

Between 691 and 738 million people globally were affected by hunger in 2022, yet almost 3 billion are living with obesity or are overweight*. Following Greenbank’s recent report 'Sustainable food systems and systemic risks', stewardship and engagement lead Sophie Lawrence explains why the Investor Coalition on Food Policy exists, why investors should focus on sustainable food systems, and the role the Coalition plays to promote health and resilience. Watch more or read the full report here: https://lnkd.in/gK2chE6n *Sources: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2023. World Obesity Federation, 2023. #sustainableinvestment #stewardship #sustainablefoodsystems #foodpolicy #foodsystems #health

Thank you to all who joined us on Wednesday evening for our Bristol Office Launch event alongside our Rathbones Group Plc colleagues. The Greenbank team had a fantastic evening speaking with local professionals in our new event space. Special thanks to our Rathbones colleagues Nathalie Hayward, Jess Simm and Georgina Penston for organising. 

Yesterday we hosted our Green Shoots webinar ‘Tackling plastic pollution’ which looked in detail at the issue of plastic pollution and its relevance to companies and investors. Thank you to our fantastic guest speaker John Duncan, global initiative lead, No Plastics in Nature Initiative at WWF and co-lead of Business For A Plastics Treaty for joining us. A recording of the session is available to watch online here: https://lnkd.in/g3Uud62r Green Shoots is Greenbank’s lunchtime webinar series where we are joined by specialist guest speakers to explore a sustainable investment topic. #GreenShoots #webinar #sustainableinvestment #sustainableinvesting #plastics #plasticpollution #circulareconomy

Failure to agree binding commitments at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan was followed by an inability to agree a legally binding global treaty on terrestrial and marine plastic pollution in Busan, South Korea. There was better news from world leaders in reaching agreement on targets to accelerate action on antimicrobial resistance. Click below to read our November market commentary.  https://lnkd.in/g_3NRza9 #marketupdate #sustainableinvestment #antimicrobialresistance #AMR #climatechange #COP29 #carboncredit #plastic #plasticpollution #greenskills #greentalent

There’s still time to register for our live lunchtime webinar ‘Tackling plastic pollution’ on Wednesday from 12.00pm – 12.45pm. The webinar will look in detail at the issue of plastic pollution and its relevance to companies and investors. We’ll discuss how legally binding UN rules could help to: —      regulate global patterns of production and use of plastic —      encourage the transition to a more circular economy —      reduce the problem of plastic pollution. Greenbank’s stewardship and engagement lead Sophie Lawrence and ethical, sustainable and impact researcher Lauren O'Leary will be joined by guest speaker John Duncan global initiative lead, No Plastics in Nature Initiative at WWF and co-lead of Business For A Plastics Treaty. Click below to find out more and register. https://lnkd.in/eMEtanqy Green Shoots is Greenbank’s lunchtime webinar series where we are joined by specialist guest speakers to explore a sustainable investment topic. #GreenShoots #webinar #sustainableinvestment #sustainableinvesting #plastics #plasticpollution #circulareconomy

Our friends at FareShare South West are aiming to raise £100,000 this winter in the Big Give Christmas Challenge. Greenbank are proud to have supported the charity since 2019. FareShare South West is the region’s largest food redistribution charity who work to fight hunger in the South West through tackling food waste. Click the link below to find out more and donate: https://lnkd.in/eAdu69Pn #BigGive #ChristmasChallenege #foodwaste #foodsystems #sustainableinvestment

Can the financial sector support the shift to a more sustainable use of plastics? Join us for our next live lunchtime webinar on Wednesday 11 December, 12.00pm – 12.45pm to look in detail at the problem of plastic pollution and its relevance to companies and investors.   The session will be hosted by stewardship and engagement lead Sophie Lawrence with speakers: — John Duncan global initiative lead, No Plastics in Nature Initiative at WWF and co-lead of Business For A Plastics Treaty — Lauren O'Leary ethical, sustainable and impact researcher at Greenbank Click below to find out more and register. https://lnkd.in/eMEtanqy Green Shoots is Greenbank’s lunchtime webinar series where we are joined by specialist guest speakers to explore a sustainable investment topic. #GreenShoots #webinar #sustainableinvestment #sustainableinvesting #plastics #plasticpollution #circulareconomy

The UN Forum on Business and Human Rights is the world’s largest annual gathering on business and human rights, with more than two thousand participants across three days. It is also “the foremost event to … learn about the initiatives to promote corporate respect for human rights.” Read our thoughts about the key messages from the most recent global gathering, and what it means for the work we do at Greenbank. #humanrights #humanrightsabuse #climatechange #sustainableinvestment

Join Lauren O'Leary ethical, sustainable and impact researcher at Greenbank and guest speaker John Duncan global initiative lead, No Plastics in Nature Initiative at WWF and co-lead of Business For A Plastics Treaty for our next Green Shoots webinar: ‘Tackling plastic pollution’ Wednesday 11 December, 12.00pm – 12.45pm Greenbank stewardship and engagement lead Sophie Lawrence will host the session which will look in detail at the issue of plastic pollution and its relevance to companies and investors. We’ll discuss how legally binding UN rules could help regulate global production and use of plastic to encourage the transition to a more circular economy. Click below to find out more and register. https://lnkd.in/eMEtanqy Green Shoots is Greenbank’s lunchtime webinar series where we are joined by specialist guest speakers to explore a sustainable investment topic. #GreenShoots #webinar #sustainableinvestment #sustainableinvesting #plastics #plasticpollution #circulareconomy