Baillie Gifford
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| Ceo | Andrew Telfer |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Edinburgh |
| United Kingdom | |
| Founded | 1908 |
| Subsidiaries | Baillie Gifford Overseas |
| Baillie Gifford Japan Trust | |
| Founders | Carlyle Gifford |
| Augustus Baillie | |
| Type of business | Partnership |
| Aum | 223 billion GBP |
| Number of employees | 1,839 |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 846760 |
About Baillie Gifford
Baillie Gifford & Co is an investment management firm which is wholly owned by partners, all of whom work within the firm. It was founded in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1908 and still has its headquarters in the city. It has corporate offices in New York and London.
Authors call on Edinburgh book festival to cut ties with sponsor
... A joint letter urges organisers to put pressure on Baillie Gifford over its investment in fossil fuels...
Greta Thunberg pulls out of festival over 'greenwashing'
... But she said she would now not do so because the festival receives sponsorship from the Baillie Gifford investment firm...
Dua Lipa: 'I've been the new girl all my life'
... Her audience were a mixed bunch, but there was a sizeable number of patient parents queuing up at the humid Baillie Gifford stage with teenage daughters who were scrolling through Dua s Instagram feed as they waited to be seated...
Jack the Ripper victims' biography wins book prize
... Hallie Rubenhold s The Five took this year s Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, it was announced on Tuesday...
Greta Thunberg pulls out of festival over 'greenwashing'
Climate activist Greta Thunberg has pulled out of an appearance at the Edinburgh International Book Festival over its links to The Fossil fuel industry.
She had been due to attend an event at the annual festival on 13 August.
But She Said she would now not do so because The Festival receives sponsorship from the Baillie Gifford investment firm.
She claimed Baillie Gifford " invests heavily in The Fossil fuel industry".
Ms Thunberg accused the industry of " greenwashing" by sponsoring cultural events, and said she did not want to be associated with it.
Baillie Gifford said it was not a significant fossil fuel investor, with 2% of its clients' money invested in companies with some business related to fossil fuels, compared to a market average of 11%.
A spokesman for The Firm said: " Of those companies, some have already moved most of theirbusiness away from fossil fuels, and many are helping to drive the transition to Clean Energy . "
Ms Thunberg had been due to speak at an event called It's Not Too Late To Change The World at the Edinburgh Playhouse .
It would have been her first public appearance in Scotland since her visit to Glasgow during COP26 in 2021.
She had also been expected to discuss her activism and her book, The Climate Book, during The Event .
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
