Knowledge and Insight - Climate change

Greenbank’s 2025 action plan highlights our programme of thematic engagement, which is divided into priority and secondary groupings. Our priority themes for 2025 are climate change, nature, and human rights, and our secondary themes include health, workforce, circular economy, and animal welfare.

Dominated by elections, 2024 brought the first Labour Party budget in 14 years in the UK and a landslide victory for the Republican Party in the US elections. Global inflation struggled to slow, and in equity markets, the US led the way once again with the ‘Magnificent 7’. Looking ahead to 2025, systemic risks around climate change, inequality, biodiversity loss and ill-health remain unresolved, guiding Greenbank’s 2025 engagement work to three key topics: climate, nature and human rights.

At Rathbone Greenbank Investments (Greenbank), our mission is to generate long-term value for our clients. We utilise our expertise and passion to create positive impact through our bespoke investment services.

Rathbone Greenbank Investments (Greenbank), Rathbones’ specialist ethical, sustainable and impact arm, has detailed its plan to become a net zero emissions business by 2040. This commitment covers emissions associated with its operations, supply chain and investments.

We are delighted to present our Vision with Values.

We are proud of the pioneering role our team has played, not only in developing a leading ethical, sustainable and impact investment service but also in driving improvements in the management of environmental, social and governance risks through our company engagement.