When we presented our first Sustainable Investment report to you a year ago, the world was still creaking back to life after a year and a half of pandemic lockdowns. None of us knew then that while the worst of Covid was behind us, 2022 would be a year of war, a cost of living crisis and,

Digging into the Piper archives, you will find some brands we’ve worked with that were slightly ahead of their time. There was the Loft, a warehouse selling second-hand clothing – the pre-internet eBay? Then there was Cranks, a six-site London vegetarian restaurant brand, slightly too reliant on a small band of hippies. 30 years ago,