Talking about sustainable finance: the FT/IFC conference
The glamorous InterContinental Hotel on Park Lane was the setting for the eighth annual FT/IFC Sustainable Finance Conference and Awards on Thursday, June 13. Hosted by the Financial Times (FT) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), it serves as an opportunity for the global financial services industry to discuss...
‘We’re all doomed’: Martin Wolf’s concluding speech at FT/IFC Sustainable Finance Conference
Martin Wolf of the Financial Times is an exceptional journalist, and considered one of the most influential writers on economics in the world. In a witty and challenging keynote speech at the recent FT/IFC Sustainable Finance Conference, he had been asked to discuss sustainable finance. Instead, he explored making...
We need Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrats and nationalist parties that get sustainability
People sometimes ask us if we are a magazine that supports the Conservatives. We are always confused by the question. Our only interest is sustainability. Therefore we praise the sustainable, criticise the unsustainable and explore everything in between. For the avoidance of doubt, we have no political affiliation. We...
What does the Co-op Bank’s rescue plan mean for its co-operative status?
Ed Mayo, secretary-general of trade body Co-operatives UK, gets to the bottom of whether the Co-operative Bank’s £1.5 billion rescue plan will spell an end to its status as a co-operative. The capital injection announced today for the Co-operative Bank resolves its immediate financial needs – in terms of...
God v mammon or a match made in heaven?
Claire Bassham, head of global communications at responsible investment research firm EIRIS, reflects on a recent St Paul’s Institute and CCLA debate into the morals, ethics and values within modern day banking. The Good Banks debate on Wednesday June 12 was the last in the triptych of The City...
Describing tobacco as a ‘defensive stock’ is offensive
It’s depressing how many wealthy white investors advocate profiting from the deaths of poor and, to not put too fine a point on it, black people. Rich white people profiting from legal but unethical trade involving the poorest nations sounds eerily familiar, doesn’t it? Regardless of the moral dimensions of...
Coal: spelling an end to a dirty heritage
It is hard, if not impossible, to image whether the most important inventions of modern history and the Industrial Revolution itself would have happened without the large-scale use of coal. This fossil fuel – an energy source formed by natural processes like gas and oil – has remarkably influenced...
We salute capitalism’s disruptive insurgents
Capitalism works when there is lots of competition. Capitalism thrives through innovation and creative destruction of the status quo. Monopolistic and oligopolistic incumbents are a threat to capitalism. If our government really wants the economy to grow sustainably, it should give its backing to the disruptive insurgents across all...
Mind the energy gap
Three-day weeks and brownouts may seem like a distant and unpleasant memory. We face a similar crisis in the coming decade unless our government acts soon to secure our energy supply. Brownouts will damage our fragile economic recovery through business closures, falling confidence and rising energy prices from imports....
B******* as usual… #4
This is the fourth cartoon in our B******* as usual… series, in which we share work by Manchester-based cartoonist Polyp. For more information on Polyp, see our interview with him here. Previous cartoons: B******* as usual… #1 B******* as usual… #2 B******* as usual… #3
How green are Britain’s richest small towns? #10 Ascot
The final place in WealthInsight’s top 10 ranking of the richest small towns in Britain is horse racing hotspot Ascot, where around 300 millionaires live. But how does it compare with its stablemates on green issues? Located in Berkshire around 25 miles west of London, Ascot has 11,600 inhabitants....
The business case for sustainability – an exceptional Forum for the Future event
It was a hot and humid Tuesday afternoon at the Wallacespace venue in Euston as members of the Forum for the Future network gathered to discuss the business case for sustainability. For those not familiar with Forum, early Green party leading voices, Jonathon Porritt, Sara Parkin and Paul Ekins, founded the...
People who reject ethical investment are ‘not going with their values’
Back in January, we conducted a survey – offering readers the chance to win a tablet or a charity donation in return for telling us what they thought about us. Vanessa Kelley, a financial adviser at Barchester Green, was the lucky winner, and donated her £269 to the Animal...
Four months until National Ethical Investment Week 2013
National Ethical Investment Week (NEIW) – the event that brings together investors, financial advisers, fund managers, charities, faith groups and more, with the aim of raising the profile of ethical, responsible and sustainable investment – is back for another year in just four months’ time (October 13-19). National Ethical...
How green are Britain’s richest small towns? #9 Bray
The penultimate location in WealthInsight’s top 10 ranking of the richest small towns in Britain is Bray, which around 350 millionaires call their home. Located in the Maidenhead area of Berkshire, around 30 miles west of London, the town hosts two of the four UK restaurant that have three Michelin...
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