Positive Investment Themes
Considering positive investment themes when making investment decisions is important at Castlefield. We believe responsible business practices, along with sustainable products and services, will allow companies to produce better investment returns over the long term.
Our ten positive themes provide a framework for assessing the positive credentials of any individual investment.
Below are a few example holdings to demonstrate how these positive themes works in practice. You can filter the results to see which sustainable theme investments contribute to and click through for more information on the stock.
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- Health and Wellbeing
- Sustainable Infrastructure
- Education & Training
- Cyber Security & Digital Connectivity
- Resource Efficiency
- Financial Resilience & Inclusion
- Safety & Regulatory Compliance
- Sustainable Supply Chains
- Employee Ownership & Responsible Business
- Environmental Management
- Meeting Societal Needs
Good Energy
One of the UK's leading renewable energy suppliers. Vertically integrated utility business. Supplies 100% renewable electricity to its customers.
Good Energy also has a growing renewable electricity generation business in wind and solar power.
The company has developed and sold on a number of projects, in some cases having secured long term power purchase agreements that deliver the benefit of generation ownership while providing capital for continued investment.
Strong community and social ethos, meaning there is a particular advantage for the company in securing planning for generation projects resulting from its very active community engagement programmes.
Macfarlane Group
MacFarlane Group is a leading UK-based business in the packaging and labels sector, held in our Castlefield Sustainable UK Smaller Companies Fund.
MacFarlane Group is a leading UK-based business in the packaging and labels sector, held in our Castlefield Sustainable UK Smaller Companies Fund. They service a broad range of business customers, supplying them with high quality protective packaging products which help customers reduce supply chain costs, improve operational efficiencies and sustainability and enhance their brand presentation. The holding fits in to our Positive Theme of Resource Efficiency by supporting customers to make an “informed choice” about efficiency and the packaging they use to reduce their environmental impact.
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For more case examples of how our positive themes work in practice, please download the latest Annual Stewardship Report using the link below.
The report also includes details of our Thoughtful Investment Approach, Impact Reporting, Stewardship, Engagement, Case Studies and Voting Activity.
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