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Alice Ross

Deputy News Editor

Alice Ross is acting international economy news editor and writes a monthly column for the FT Money section on sustainable investment. She has held a range of roles across the FT including deputy news editor, editor of Trade Secrets, editor of FT Wealth, Frankfurt bureau chief, currencies correspondent and deputy money editor.

Her book, Investing to Save the Planet, was published by Penguin Business in 2020 and her children's book, The Nowhere Thief, was published by Nosy Crow in 2023.

Email Alice Ross @aliceemross  on Twitter (link opens in a new browser window)
  • Friday, 24 May, 2024
    Personal Finance
    Taking the temperature of your green portfolio

    Measuring a company’s carbon footprint proves far from straightforward

  • Friday, 29 March, 2024
    Advice & Comment
    Time for investors to turn up the heat on climate governance

    Good governance is not necessarily a guide to a company’s environmental credentials

  • Friday, 16 February, 2024
    Impact investing
    Active managers’ attacks on sustainable passives miss their mark

    Funds become cheaper, but questions remain about green credentials

  • Friday, 15 December, 2023
    Investing in funds
    ESG gains would be few without the Magnificent Seven

    Are AI stocks the future for sustainable investing?

    Omniverse, a 3D graphics platform created by Nvidia
  • Thursday, 30 November, 2023
    Special ReportManaging Climate Change
    Pressure grows for tighter scrutiny of funds’ green claims

    As regulators focus on sustainable investments, campaigners are calling for greater disclosure and even political action

    An embossed logo and name of the Financial Conduct Authority on a wall
  • Thursday, 9 November, 2023
    ExplainerInvestment trusts
    Yawning ESG trust discounts offer opportunities, say analysts

    Sector is a big investor in renewable energy, where discounts have widened to 25 per cent

    An employee works on a wind turbine tower
  • Thursday, 12 October, 2023
    Advice & Comment
    Sunak’s green U-turn dismays sustainable investors

    Many warn they will look outside the UK for investments

    An offshore wind farm
  • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
    News4 min
    Biodiversity funds are springing up in the investor market | FT Rethink

    Author Alice Ross explains how a number of biodiversity funds in the investor market are addressing the issue

    FT Rethink: Biodiversity funds growing
  • Friday, 15 September, 2023
    Impact investing
    Best of FT Money 2023: Share divestment isn’t the answer to greener investment

    Selling up means giving up a seat at the table

    A promotional display for the Edinburgh International Book Festival
  • Friday, 28 July, 2023
    ESG investing
    ESG put to the test in a high-inflation world

    Prices have proved volatile as regulators probe claims of greenwashing

  • Thursday, 22 June, 2023
    Wealth management
    ESG investors play the long game

    ‘Green’ funds’ performance has suffered, but clearer labelling should help consumers

    A field of solar energy panels
  • Friday, 16 June, 2023
    Investing in funds
    Carbon trading: a slow burn for investors

    But is this asset class good for the environment or just speculation?

  • Thursday, 18 May, 2023
    Climate change
    Can biodiversity funds help investors protect wildlife?

    The idea sounds good but the reality is complicated and unclear

  • Friday, 21 April, 2023
    Sustainability
    Why fast fashion is still not available in green

    Investors need to push clothing manufacturers to do more

  • Wednesday, 22 March, 2023
    Advice & Comment
    Sustainable investors don’t need ‘green bleaching’

    Stricter rules are welcome but let’s not go too far in cutting choice

  • Friday, 17 February, 2023
    Advice & Comment
    Water funds dilute the environmental message

    There may be an investment case for holding them, but it’s not obvious they are saving the planet

    A man baths in water from a broken drinking water pipe in Kolkata, India
  • Friday, 20 January, 2023
    Advice & Comment
    Banks: where the hunt for returns meets the pursuit of sustainability

    Lenders are promising to limit their fossil fuel lending and focus on green financing — if we can trust them

    Greta Thunberg and supporters at Davos this week
  • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
    ReviewFT Books Essay
    Non-fiction for kids: big books for little people

    . . . but getting the messaging correct is not always child’s play

    montage of book covers and cultural personalities
  • Friday, 9 December, 2022
    Advice & Comment
    How will ESG funds make money in 2023?

    With markets uncertain, picking winning stocks and funds will be tough in 2023

  • Friday, 11 November, 2022
    Investment trusts
    Energy transition powers specialist investment trusts

    Unusually in the current environment, many have actually made money in the past year

  • Friday, 14 October, 2022
    Advice & Comment
    Green gilts are under a shadow

    Options for bond buyers with an ESG twist

    A Scottish wind farm
  • Friday, 16 September, 2022
    Advice & Comment
    Tech is down, but far from out of ESG funds

    Always check a fund’s top 10 holdings to make sure you’re comfortable with it

    An Amazon boxed package wedged into a mailbox
  • Thursday, 28 July, 2022
    Advice & Comment
    Extreme heat is a wake-up call for investors on infrastructure

    Time to target companies adapting to climate change

    Houses ablaze on the edge of the London during this month’s heatwave
  • Friday, 22 October, 2021
    Personal Finance
    Getting heard on climate: small investors take on big companies

    Retail shareholders can get organised and can push for change if they band together

  • Friday, 19 February, 2021
    ExplainerPersonal Finance5 min
    How moving your money could help save the planet

    Leading banks are investing billions in fossil fuel expansion every year

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