Ethical and environmental investment criteria, collectively grouped under the title socially responsible investment (SRI), are becoming increasingly important factors in today's markets. Nowadays, banks, pension funds and other investment institutions frequently undertake some form of environmental risk analysis of an organization's relevant operational practices before committing themselves to direct investment. Factors such as a company's past pollution record, its future potential to contaminate and its overall social policy are often cited as important influences in this respect. Many funding institutions now have their own ethical investment arms, even if these are not part of their mainstream activity. Understanding the role of ‘ethical’ investors and their ‘ethical’ considerations is becoming increasing important to fund managers and businesses alike. The activities of fund managers who are specifically marketing themselves and their products as ‘ethical’ have been explored using an in‐depth questionnaire, in order to determine the nature of the environmental and sustainability criteria that are used as a basis for directing investments, and the ways in which these factors are compared and balanced during the evaluation process. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. and ERP Environment.

Joseph Priestley, discoverer of oxygen, lived in Nantwich, Cheshire, UK, from 1758 to 1761. In 2019, an exhibition featuring his life and achievements, and also celebrating the International Year of the Periodic Table, was developed by the Nantwich Museum. The historical research of Priestley’s life, development of the exhibition, and rationale behind the public-engagement events and activities are described. The integration of chemistry for all age groups throughout the exhibition and during events is discussed. Instructions for experiments and demonstrations are available as Supporting Information for this paper. The benefits of teamwork involving members with diverse subject expertise and the value of contributions from external organizations are emphasized. The exhibition successfully engaged museum visitors with 18th century local history, the story of Joseph Priestley, and chemistry concepts and experiments. Qualitative feedback from participants is presented along with the planned long-term legacy of the exhibition.

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Demand-side measures are thought to be a sustainable approach to meeting the future supply-demand balance. We assess the uptake of domestic demand-side measures and assess potential factors that may promote the uptake of water efficiency devices. Fifty one face-to-face questionnaires were carried out to collect demographic, water use, current water efficiency measures in place and housing characteristics data.We use descriptive statistics and univariate models using Pearson's chi-squared tests and logistic regression models to assess factors promoting water efficiency. Fifty one adult participants aged between 30-64 years provided data on water consumption and efficiency. Investigating water saving solutions and home owners were more likely to utilise water efficiency devices (OR 9.75; 95% CI 1. respectively). Targeting factors shown to promote consumer up-take of water efficiency measures and the use of combined strategies utilising low-cost efficiency devices provide a cost-effective means to reduce water consumption.

Ethical and environmental investment criteria, now known as socially responsible investment (SRI), are increasingly commonplace in the market today. Some investors have specifically set themselves up as ethical investors. Consequently, ethical considerations are a cornerstone of their investment policy. Many of the funding institutions have ethical investment arms, even where these are not their mainstream activity. Understanding the role of ethical investors, and their ethical considerations, within the property market would appear, therefore, to be of increasing importance to the property professions. The activities of funding institutions specifically marketing themselves as ethical and those not so doing are explored, using an in‐depth questionnaire, in order to determine what these environmental criteria are and the way in which they are considered. The results are placed in the context of property and property investment. It is concluded that a knowledge of ethical issues is advantageous for property professionals, especially when advising ethical investor clients.