Insights

For digital learning companies that can balance accessibility and profits, the opportunities are vast.

Online courses have upended the economics of education, Thaiha Nguyen explains.

Responsible business practices are fundamental to delivering sustainable long-term growth and addressing global challenges.

Four ways Keystone Positive Change’s holdings can benefit the environment and society.

Baillie Gifford explains its approach to valuing private companies in investment trust portfolios.

A progress update on investing in companies tackling global challenges in a sustainable manner.

Changing the world starts with investing in companies addressing global challenges.

Rosie Rankin, director at Baillie Gifford and Positive Change specialist, discusses impact investing and shares her enthusiasm for exploring areas and companies where profit complements purpose.

A look at the little-known companies whose products make a positive social or environmental impact.

Historian John Newlands looks back at the origins of the trust and its surprising connections.

In this webinar recording, Rosie Rankin, a specialist on the Positive Change Team, speaks to Kate Fox and Lee Qian, investment managers of the Keystone Positive Change Investment Trust. The managers give a presentation on the details of the trust and some of the companies in which it invests, followed by questions from the attendees.

The aim of the Keystone Positive Change Investment Trust is to deliver attractive investment returns on behalf of shareholders over the long term, and to help shareholders contribute towards a more sustainable world. Investment managers Kate and Lee explain how they hope to do this.

Are there limits to economic growth? Will we run out of ideas? Investment manager Lee Qian explains why he’s confident innovation will create a more prosperous, sustainable and inclusive world.

Lee Qian, Investment Manager in Baillie Gifford’s Positive Change Strategy, tells us why we should harness innovation and economic growth to create a more prosperous, sustainable and inclusive world.

Everyone wants to make a difference, and capital thoughtfully and responsibly deployed is a powerful mechanism for change. In seeking out companies whose products and services are providing solutions to global challenges, we believe a proactive investment approach can also be the basis of attractive investment returns. Investment Managers Kate Fox and Lee Qian explain why positive change really matters.