Impact and Sustainability: similar but different

Impact and Sustainability: similar but different

While investors’ knowledge about Responsible Investing has generally improved over the past few years, the increasing diversity of thought in the market has created new layers of confusion. Overall, investors are better equipped to grasp the distinctions...
Earth Overshoot Day – will 2020 be a turning point?

Earth Overshoot Day – will 2020 be a turning point?

22 August 2020 is this year’s Earth Overshoot Day, an inauspicious annual milestone marking the date at which the planet overshot its ecological boundaries for the year. Put another way, we are currently using our natural resources 1.6 times faster than ecosystems can...
Why companies need a purpose

Why companies need a purpose

In the next video of M&G Investments’ series on impact investing, watch Partnerships Development Director, David Halfacre, speak to Ben Constable Maxwell, Head of Sustainable and Impact investing about why companies need a purpose. They touch on the changes...
The ‘3 Rs’ reset: Recovery, Resilience, Redesign

The ‘3 Rs’ reset: Recovery, Resilience, Redesign

As we emerge from the immediacy of the coronavirus pandemic, the scale of the damage becomes ever more apparent. The human toll is stark, with the virus reported to have taken close to three quarters of a million lives to date[1]. Meanwhile, the forecasted 4.9%...
Introduction and insights into impact investing

Introduction and insights into impact investing

Watch M&G’s David Halfacre, Partnerships Development Director and Veronique Chapplow, Investment Director, discuss the key characteristics of impact investing, what investors should look for from impact investments, as well as the M&G Positive Impact...