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Our Resource Directory is full of interesting reports, blogs and articles that we invite you to share and use in your work.

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Investors urged to tackle exploitation and improve labour rights in English care sector

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Investors urged to tackle exploitation and improve labour rights in English care sector

The adult social care sector is under great amounts of stress, with evidence both of problematic labour conditions, opaque business models, and a lack of financial sustainability.

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Friends Provident Foundation Appoints New Investment Adviser

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Friends Provident Foundation Appoints New Investment Adviser

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Redington as the new Investment Adviser to Friends Provident Foundation.

 

 

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My reflections after 3 months as the Social Investment Portfolio Manager

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My reflections after 3 months as the Social Investment Portfolio Manager

I’ve now been in my new role as the Social Investment Portfolio Manager at Friends Provident Foundation for just over 4 months.

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Raising the bar: Reflections 3 years after the launch of the Cazenove Capital Sustainable Growth Fund

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Raising the bar: Reflections 3 years after the launch of the Cazenove Capital Sustainable Growth Fund

In 2020, alongside Joffe Trust and Blagrave Trust, we launched a process that was eventually named by Responsible Investor the ‘environmental, social and governance (ESG) Investing olympics’, or the ‘ESG olympics’.

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Unleashing the Potential of Impact Measurement in Listed Equities: The crucial role for asset managers (part 1 of 2)

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Unleashing the Potential of Impact Measurement in Listed Equities: The crucial role for asset managers (part 1 of 2)

Impact investing is gaining traction, driven by asset owners seeking positive impact.

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Learning to change: Evidence-based practices to support a Just Transition

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Learning to change: Evidence-based practices to support a Just Transition

The global pursuit of a sustainable future has never been more urgent.

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Reflective Blog: Mitie AGM and the Ethnicity Pay Gap

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Reflective Blog: Mitie AGM and the Ethnicity Pay Gap

In this reflective blog, I would like to share my experiences and insights from the AGM, where I had the opportunity to stand up and advocate for voluntary ethnicity pay gap reporting.

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Welcome to two new Trustees Placeholder

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Welcome to two new Trustees

We are thrilled to have you here, and we can’t wait to share exciting stories, insights, and updates from the foundation.

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Introducing Charlie Crossley, our new Investment Engagement Manager

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Introducing Charlie Crossley, our new Investment Engagement Manager

Charlie is based in London. In this interview Charlie shares his work experience and motivations in joining the foundation, and talks about the foundation’s ‘4Ds strategy’.

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The Foundation Practice Rating 2023/2024 Report

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The Foundation Practice Rating 2023/2024 Report

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Citizens’ Economic Council report

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Citizens’ Economic Council report

Can involving the public in economic policy-making help the UK tackle the cost-of-living crisis?

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Learning to change: Evidence-based practices to support a Just Transition

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Learning to change: Evidence-based practices to support a Just Transition

In this report, we delve into the groundbreaking insights derived from three Foundation-funded projects.

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Climate emergency declaration

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Climate emergency declaration

Friends Provident Foundation recognises that business as usual risks climate breakdown with profound consequences for people and planet.

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Financial Inclusion: Annual Monitoring Report 2022

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Financial Inclusion: Annual Monitoring Report 2022

Poorest citizens ‘worn down’ as financial inclusion remains distant dream for the UK. The UK has made little progress in the last decade towards creating a truly financially inclusive society, a new study reveals.

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Equity and Social Justice Strategy

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Equity and Social Justice Strategy

This is our first update on our equity and social justice plan. You can access this report as a word file, a html website page and as a pdf document.

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Diverse organisational models to address economic, environmental and social challenges Front cover of the Diverse organisational models to address economic, environmental and social challenges report

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Diverse organisational models to address economic, environmental and social challenges

This report illustrates diverse ways of structuring business activity that differ from the widespread and established model of external equity ownership and governance.

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Living well in retirement

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Living well in retirement

An investment and delivery framework to enable low income older home-owners to repair, improve and adapt their homes.

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COP26 declaration: asset owner climate expectations of asset management

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COP26 declaration: asset owner climate expectations of asset management

We are pleased to join 24 other asset owners as a founding signatory to the ‘COP26 declaration: asset owner climate expectations of asset management’.

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