By Chris Lang “Credit cards that help the planet.” That’s the sales pitch from a company called Sustain:Green. With the company’s new biodegradable credit card you can “Fight climate change”, “Fund rainforest preservation”, and “Reduce your carbon footprint”.
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Ryan Mellor, Sales Director, RMT Direct Ltd: “I am not a co-director of Ecopush or at any time had any involvement with this company”
EcoPush, the Gibraltar-based company offering “investments” in carbon trading, biofuels, agricultural commodities and sustainable timber, has disappeared. REDD-Monitor wrote about the company in June 2013.
G2G Investments: Recovery room? Scam? Or what?
G2G Investments Ltd is “an independent brokerage specialising in offering investment opportunities in gold, silver, and other alternative investments to private clients seeking to hold wealth in capital assured tangible assets”. At least that’s what it says on the company’s website.
How Emerald Knight’s sales pitch duped the Financial Times blog FT Adviser
A scam company called Emerald Knight featured regularly on FT Adviser in 2011 – 2012.
Financial Conduct Authority wins appeal case against Capital Alternatives
The Court of Appeal has upheld a February 2014 High Court ruling in which the Financial Conduct Authority won their case against Capital Alternatives and other firms. The FCA accused the firms of “promoting and/or operating collective investment schemes (CISs) in the UK illegally and without our authorisation”.