F&C covers climate change spectrum with latest launch

F&C Global Climate Opportunities co-manager Terry Coles cities the fund's holistic approach to investing in companies addressing the reality of climate change

F&C Global Climate Opportunities, the most recent addition to the group's SRI range, has held up well amid falling markets. Launched in September 2007, the portfolio is run by Terry Coles and Sophie Horsfall. In basic terms, the managers invest in companies that provide the technologies and systems to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and those that will help society address the reality of climate change. They are supported by F&C's Governance and Sustainable Investment (GSI) team, which advises the managers on policy developments and how proposed additions to the portfolio fit within i...