Generation Investment Management LLP, a long-term, sustainability-focused investment firm, has today announced the launch of its 2017 Sustainability Trends Report. This report will be updated on an annual basis and documents the commercial progress being made towards a more sustainable global economy. It covers five key sectors: Mobility, Energy, Built Environment, Food Systems and Wellbeing.

The report highlights an increasing number of sustainable business innovations which are having significant impact as the global economy is upgraded for the 21st Century. It suggests we are in the beginning stages of a Sustainability Revolution that may prove as transformative as earlier Industrial and Digital Revolutions.

Al Gore, Chairman of Generation Investment Management, commented:

"Since our founding in 2004, Generation has taken a long-term investment approach, in which we look at mainstream business and economic factors and analyse sustainability trends. It has been encouraging to see this approach working, with goods and services being produced more sustainably and efficiently. This report presents an opportunity to engage with stakeholders in the move towards a more sustainable future, and to discuss all the commercial opportunities that comes with it."

Takeaways from the report include:

A culture-shift towards sustainability requires companies to innovate:

Firms are embracing technology in order to enhance production efficiencies:

Assets are being used more efficiently:

One person owning one tool for only occasional use is not a sustainable use of assets. Instead, circularity and sharing is becoming the new norm for how we drive, where we work and how we consume.

The number of members of car-sharing platforms has risen from half a million to 6m in the past decade. The number of co-working spaces has also risen significantly.

Digitisation is enhancing access to sustainable products and services:

Colin le Duc, Partner of Generation Investment Management, added:

"The rising societal awareness of sustainability, coupled with today's technological possibilities, is creating substantial commercial opportunity. Lower costs and performance improvements for technologies ranging from electric vehicle batteries to genomic sequencing mean that these products and services are moving us to a lower carbon, more equitable economy for all."

Generation's 2017 Sustainability Trends Report can be accessed here: https://www.generationim.com/sustainability-trends/

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ABOUT GENERATION

Generation Investment Management was established in 2004 and is dedicated to long-term investing, integrated sustainability research, and client alignment. The firm is comprised of two core entities. Generation Investment Management LLP is a UK registered limited liability partnership authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, providing portfolio management, client relationship services and administration control and support on a global basis from offices in London. It is an independent, private, owner-managed partnership. Generation Investment Management US LLP is a Delaware registered limited liability partnership authorised and regulated as an investment advisor with the SEC, providing client relationship services to clients based in North America and co-portfolio management for the Growth Equity strategy. It is wholly controlled by Generation Investment Management LLP.

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