We are convinced that a sustainable agenda can help to make a positive impact on our environment and to society.
In this section, you will find details of events, initiatives, as well as organisations that ISLA supports in recognition of its environmental & social responsibility.
The Felix Project
RESCUING FOOD. FIGHTING HUNGER
The Felix Project is London’s largest food redistribution charity. We rescue high quality, surplus food that would otherwise go to waste and redistribute it to over 1,200 community organisations across the capital.
To discover more about The Felix Project and get involved in their many ongoing initiatives, please click the link below.
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The Felix Project - First Lunch Club of 2025
In February 2025, Eurex invited ISLA's Sophie Channon to The Felix Project’s First Lunch Club of the year, held at the wonderful Sea Containers House venue. Where the courses were entirely made from donations of surplus fresh food that the Felix Project collects from food retailers and wholesalers.
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The Felix Project - ISLA Team Volunteering 2024
In August 2024 the ISLA team returned to The Felix Project Kitchen in East London to help collect and organise the surplus food rescued that day to be cooked into delicious, nutritious ready-made meals, with a view to deliver those meals to charities, schools and holiday programmes in the area to for families and others in need.
The Felix Project - ISLA's Chosen Charity for 2024
We were delighted to have The Felix Project, a London-based food redistribution charity, as our Charity Partner for 2024 to help make a real impact to the local community.
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The Felix Project - ISLA Team Volunteering 2023
Our work with the project dates back to January 2023 when the team first volunteered in their Kitchen in East London and helped to cook delicious, nutritious ready-made meals from the surplus food that was rescued that day, with a view to deliver those meals to charities, schools and holiday programmes in the area to for families and others in need.
Securities Finance Charity Ball
We are proud to continue to support, with ISLA's Sejal Amin serving as a long-standing Committee Member, and also sponsor the Securities Finance Charity Ball. The Securities Finance Charity Ball is an annual industry event that raises funds and awareness for the The International Bankers Charitable Trust (IBCT) and this year the 2025 Chosen Charities include: The Creative Dimension Trust, The Children’s Book Project and The Spartan Project.
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Climate Impact Partners
ISLA has an ongoing partnership with Climate Impact Partners to support their suite of sustainable projects to reduce our overall carbon footprint as a company, but also in recognition of the travel that we carry out to service our members and the wider industry. That includes ISLA-led conferences and regional briefings. Climate Impact Partners is a world-leading provider of carbon market solutions for companies looking to meet ambitious climate goals. They have an extensive international networks with governments, NGOs, corporate business, media and key influencers.
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ESG Advocacy & Regulation
When financial market participants refer to ‘Sustainable Finance’, it is the process of taking into account Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) considerations when making investment decisions. Our sustainability work centres primarily on policy objectives of the European Union and the United Kingdom, and is led by the ESG Steering working group that was set up in 2020, and has representation from both buy-side and sell-side members.
Find out moreSustainable Merchandise & Pricing
As part of our commitment, and notably for our events, we endeavour to source materials and merchandise that are eco-friendly. At the same time, we have consciously reduced printed materials and signage, in favour of digital options and marketing, encouraging sponsors and exhibitors to do the same.
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How We've Offset Our Carbon
Carbon offsetting enables business to meet climate goals, puts a price on carbon to incentivize further action, and provides monetary support to accelerate the world’s transition to a low-carbon future. Carbon offsets are an internationally recognized way to take responsibility for unavoidable carbon emissions.
ISLA endeavours to offset travel for all ISLA staff and strives to make all ISLA events sustainable and as carbon neutral as possible. In addition to this, in 2023 ISLA has offset a total of 70 tonnes CO2e as a company.
Christian Kitchen - Charitable Donations
In 2020 ISLA was proud to have been able to support the Christian Kitchen charity by donating thermal flasks to a charitable cause for use as the cold weather continues over the coming months.
With everyone working remotely during the COVID Pandemic, the ISLA team wondered how we could support local charities and came up with the idea of repurposing branded merchandise that would have otherwise been left unused in the office. We wanted to ensure that the 100 or so thermal mugs went to a worthwhile cause, so we decided to donate them to the Christian Kitchen in Walthamstow, London.
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Interested in ISLA in the Community?
In this section, you will find out more about our Environmental & Social responsibility efforts as well as our ISLA Connects brand and wider DEI (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion) efforts.
Interested in ISLA Connects?
In this section, you will find details of our ISLA Connects brand, including our latest initiatives and events as well as partnerships and organisations that ISLA supports in recognition of its diversity, equity and inclusion activities.
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