Knowledge and Insight - Engagement

To celebrate the 21st anniversary of Greenbank, investment director and founder of Greenbank Elizabeth Haigh sat down with some of the women pioneers and colleagues at Greenbank. For this first session, Elizabeth spoke with Kate Murphy, senior investment analyst and a key founder member of the team who retired in 2024.

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.

In this annual Engagement Review, we provide a snapshot of our activities in 2023 and outline our focus areas as we continue our work in 2024.

Greenbank’s 2024 action plan highlights our programme of thematic engagement, which is closely linked to our eight sustainable development themes. We also operate an ongoing programme of tactical engagement with the companies in which we invest.

In June the UK House of Lords voted in support of an important amendment to the Financial Services and Markets Bill that would require UK financial institutions to carry out thorough checks on those they fund to prevent the financing of illegal deforestation.

In this annual Engagement review, we provide a snapshot of our activities in 2022 and outline our focus areas as we continue our work in 2023.

This year’s Investor Day marked our 25th annual event. We are proud to have reached this milestone, only possible with the support of our growing investor base and the ongoing commitment of our expanding team.

Rathbone Greenbank Investments hosted its 25th annual Investor Day on the topic of how to build a healthier food system, with a particular focus on the UK. 

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.

Over the past 18 months, the importance of effective health care has been brought into sharp focus. However, today two billion people cannot access the medicine they need due to price and accessibility among other factors.