Global carbon ratings agency BeZero Carbon has today announced the launch of the Pre-rating Scorecard, an interactive tool that puts its established ratings methodologies directly in the hands of users to assess the risk of unrated carbon projects.Since its launch in 2022, the BeZero Carbon rating has become the carbon market’s independent benchmark for assessing project quality.Pre-rating Scorecard is the market’s first dynamic tool for unrated project assessment, enabling customers to understand what drives project risk on a case-by-case basis. “We’ll see an influx of corporate demand for CDR,” | RSS.comBuilt on the same sector-specific methodologies that underpin BeZero’s headline…
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Image source: Getty Images Those looking for a second income could consider investing in the UK stock market. That’s because 311 out of the largest 350 listed companies have paid a dividend over the past 12 months. Of course, there’s no guarantee this will be repeated. But without a crystal ball, history’s all we’ve got to guide us. Possible returns Of the UK’s 100 biggest stocks, only one didn’t make a dividend payment during the past year. Overall, the yield on the FTSE 100 is 3.58%. A return like this means a £20,000 investment (the most that can be invested…
Image source: Getty Images My Stocks and Shares ISA hasn’t performed as well as I had hoped in 2025, having almost doubled in value in 2024. And in the current market, I’m not finding it particularly easy to find the companies that could supercharge my portfolio. In fact, I’ve increasingly been looking at the AIM index and smaller-cap UK stocks in order to find value. So what companies have I caught my eye? Well, here are some I’ve added to the watchlist: The Pebble Group, Card Factory, Keller Group, Yü Group (LSE:YU), and Celebrus Technologies (LSE:CLBS). CompanyP/E 2025P/E 2026P/E 2027Div.…
Image source: Getty Images It feels like it hasn’t been a great year for the UK stock market, largely due to the tariff-induced fear that wiped millions off the market in early April. However, when looking back, 2025 is actually shaping out quite well. Even with the April losses, the FTSE 100‘s up almost 7% this year — more than it achieved in the first half of 2022 or 2023. Even in 2024 — a year of notable growth — it was only up 6.7% by the time June rolled around. If the growth continues, we could have our best…
Image source: Getty Images I think these growth stocks offer fantastic all-round value at current prices and are worth a look. Let’s take a peek. Serabi Gold Gold prices have retreated from the record peaks of $3,500 per ounce punched in late April. Yet I’m confident the yellow metal — which was recently changing hands for around $3,310 — has significant scope to rebound. In my view, this makes gold stock Serabi Gold (LSE:SRB) an attractive proposition to consider this month. Owning gold shares exposes investors to the unpredictable business of metals mining. Setbacks can be common, which push up…
Image source: Getty Images HSBC (LSE:HSBA) shares are up 17.7% over the past six months. And that means £10,000 invested then would now be worth £11,700. Factoring in half an annual dividend, the total return would be close to 20%. Clearly, that’s a very strong return over a relatively short period of time. However, would an investment today be a shrewd one? Let’s take a closer look. Not cheap compared to peers HSBC’s currently trading at 9.5 times forward earnings for 2025, with this multiple projected to decline to 8.7 times in 2026 and further to eight times in 2027.…
Ross Gerber, the CEO of Gerber Kawasaki Wealth & Investment Management, is throwing his weight behind the Federal Reserve’s decision to hold the rates, while sharply criticizing President Donald Trump’s trade and tariff policies, alongside the fiscal expansion that is resulting in inflation.What Happened: On Wednesday, in a post on X, Gerber said that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell was “doing the right thing” by holding interest rates steady, while waiting to assess the full impact of Trump’s tariff.Gerber argues that if Trump wants lower interest rates, he should avoid policies that actively stoke inflation, such as the inflationary tariff…
This post is sponsored by Keating Law Offices.Read the first half of this series, “Next stop, fiscal cliff: Advocates respond to Illinois legislators’ failure to fund transit before the deadline.”The failure of the Illinois House to pass a bill funding public transportation across the state before the May 31 deadline means that transit agencies will need to cut service. Facing a budget gap of $771M, the Regional Transportation Authority, the CTA, Metra, and Pace will begin this week to plan for reduced operating budgets in 2026. The agencies can only budget for funding they are confident they will receive, excluding any…
The Lagos State government announced on June 2 the launch of Africa’s largest clean cookstove initiative under a carbon credit mechanism aligned with the Paris Agreement. The initiative targets the distribution of 80 million improved cookstoves nationwide and could generate up to 1.2 billion tonnes of emission credits, usable in both domestic and international carbon markets.Initial rollout of 6 million unitsTitilayo Oshodi, Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor, stated during the launch event that the first phase of the project would begin this month with the distribution of six million cookstoves. The project falls under Article 6.4 of the…
Key Takeaways President Donald Trump’s higher tariffs on steel and aluminum will go into effect on Wednesday.The 50% tariffs, doubled from 25%, could boost U.S. steel and aluminum producers but hurt businesses that make things out of the metals.Trump’s 2018 metal tariffs are a case study. Research found that those import taxes created 1,000 extra steel and aluminum jobs but dragged down the broader manufacturing sector. President Donald Trump’s new, higher tariffs on metal could help the steel and aluminum industry, at a cost to the greater economy.Starting Wednesday, importers of steel and aluminum will have to pay a 50%…