GAEIA
| website: | http://www.gaeia.co.uk |
Company details
[Login to edit this information]What does it do?
The GAEIA Partnership (Global and Ethical Investment Advice) are Independent Financial Advisers specialising in ethical investment incorporating environmentally and socially responsible investments. They are regulated and authorised by the FSA.How is it social?
GAEIA promotes the concept of ethical, environmental and socially responsible investments through its advise to clients and the environmental organisations its promotes and supports. The company assesses positive as well as negative criteria in advising businesses, charities and individuals on investments. In this way GAEIA helps commerce which create social returns, including renewable energy generation, new technologies, environmental best practice, organic producers, regeneration of tropical forests, social enterprise, fair-trade goods and services, ethically managed property, and innovative start-ups.
By promoting the flow of capital towards investments which explicitly seeks to take environmental, social and ethical issues into account, GAEIA facilitates the growth of ecological commerce and social responsible business.
What is its business model?
GAEIA provides advice to individuals, charities and businesses. They provide services related to savings, investments, pensions, income protection, mortgages, Inheritance tax planning, Ethical stockbroking and Discretionary Portfolios. They can provide advice to business on groups pensions, death in service and group life assurance, Income protection for employees, Partnership and Shareholder protection. It is a founder member of the Ethical Investment Association and the UK Social Investment Forum.
Its history
The GAEIA Partnership was founded by Brigid Benson in 1993 to promote the concept of ethical investment & to be part of the growing movement to make money move in a more ethical direction.
More information
| Current shareholders: | Not disclosed |
| Chair: | No information provided |
| Year of incorporation: | 2002 |
Company snapshot
| Company type: | Ltd |
| Address: | 1 The Arcade, 829 Wilmslow Road, Manchester, GB, M20 5WD |
| Telephone: | +44 (0)161 434 4681 |
| Blog: | |
| CEO: | Director and founder – Brigid Benson. Director – Olivia Bowen |
| Industrial sector: | Financial services |
| Social / Environmental benefit: | Ethical finance and investment; |
| Certifications: | The Ethical Investment Association (EIA); |
| Social business sector: | Ethical Money; |
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