Sustainable investment opportunities in the unquoted UK market

There are many opportunities for managers looking to invest sustainably but many are missing out on the opportunities offered by unquoted UK companies operating in the domestic market

The boom in sustainable investment has drawn parallels with the hi-tech boom of the late 1990s, when billions of pounds were invested in fledgling companies peddling untried technologies of dubious promise. But the comparisons appear misleading. The dotcom boom was a short-term speculative gamble on technologies that were themselves unproven, and for which there was no proven market. The drivers of the sustainable investment sector are considerably more robust - and more compelling. Consumer and corporate demand, supported by EU and Government directives, have created investment conditions...