03.12.2018
Impact investing: doing well by doing good
November 30, 2018
MONEYWEEK
Two professional investors tell us where they’d put their money. Rupert Welchman and Victoria Leggett of Union Bancaire Privée choose three beneficiaries of the trend towards sustainable growth.
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Making clothes last longer and cutting down on the destruction of unsold goods are two of the most obvious ways that sustainability could be improved in this context. Aquafil (Milan: ECNL) has been highly vocal in the promotion of its infinitely renewable Econyl solution – a nylon thread made from recycled carpets and the ghost fishing nets that plague our oceans. With the likes of Stella McCartney and Adidas backing Aquafil, the outlook for growth is auspicious.
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