What’s gone wrong with finance?
In the last 12 months, the mainstream banks have become embroiled in yet more scandals, crises and irresponsibility. In an extract from a recent talk, Ecology Building Society chief executive Paul Ellis investigates the scale of their troubles, and ponders why the current system is unsustainable. How do you...
Introducing: The Guide to Limitless Clean Energy 2013
There’s a quote by Thomas Edison, inventor of the lightbulb, the motion picture camera and many other things, about renewable energy. Speaking in 1931, he said, “We are like tenant farmers chopping down the fence around our house for fuel when we should be using nature’s inexhaustible sources of...
The Guide to Limitless Clean Energy 2013
There’s a quote by Thomas Edison, inventor of the lightbulb, the motion picture camera and many other things, about renewable energy. Speaking in 1931, he said, “We are like tenant farmers chopping down the fence around our house for fuel when we should be using nature’s inexhaustible sources of...
Al Gore: sustainability adds realism to investment
Assessing investment using an environmental, social and governance (ESG) lens gives you a much “fuller” image, according to former US vice-president Al Gore. Using light as his analogy, Gore explained how mainstream investors focus value: a narrow part of the spectrum. According to Bloomberg, he told 200 delegates at...
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Report seeks to bridge communication gap between farmers and renewables
A recent survey said that while 95% of farmers believe that renewable energy plays a vital role in the UK’s farming future, 42% said they were confused about their options. So in an effort to bridge the communications gap, a cleantech agency has released an instructional report. The study...
Bruce Davis, Abundance: ‘we can do something different with money’
After helping launch peer-to-peer lending site Zopa 10 years ago, Bruce Davis is now co-founder of renewable energy platform Abundance Generation. Here, in an extract from a recent talk, he looks at why alternative finance is better for everyone. It’s surprising how long it’s taken for people to get...
Is Hargreaves Lansdown’s head of investment research an ‘open-minded’ climate sceptic?
Dictionaries define research as, “The systematic investigation into and study of materials and sources in order to establish facts and reach new conclusions.” By any standard, impartial research into climate change has set a very high bar in proving human causation. Climate change will affect investment performance. When the world’s...
Lloyds CEO says firm will review use of tax havens
The chief executive of Lloyds Banking Group António Horta-Osório has said the bank has begun a systematic review of its use of offshore havens in an effort to reduce its involvement in tax avoidance. Campaigners say that 259 Lloyds entities operate in tax havens, where companies can legally avoid...
Small is beautiful: why alternative banks need to step up to the mark
Recent developments at the Co-operative Bank highlight not only the frailty of larger banking institutions, but also the desperate need for sustainable alternatives. First, the Co-operative Group revealed a loss for 2012. Then a deal to buy 632 Lloyds branches – once lauded as “the biggest shake-up in high...
Ethical IFA of the week: Green Financial Advice
There are plenty of independent financial advisers (IFAs) across the country who give advice on ethical, sustainable and responsible investment. Our job is to tell you about them. Green Financial Advice is an independent financial advisory firm that primarily operates in pre- and post-retirement, wealth management and tax and...
Financial Times advises on how to become a shareholder activist
The Financial Times celebrated its 125th anniversary this February. Recognised globally as a member of an elite group of financial newspapers, it is the paper of record for the City and investment in the UK. A piece we read on May 3 pleasantly surprised us. Without fear or favour, the...
WHEB Asset Management: a year in review
A year ago, the Henderson ‘Industries of the Future’ team merged with WHEB Asset Management, with Tim Dieppe taking over as manager of the IM WHEB Sustainability portfolio. Managing partner George Latham, ex-Henderson, marks the anniversary with a summary of the team’s achievements over the last 12 months. When...
European responsible investment grown 19% since 2010
Assets under management in European responsible investment funds now total €237.9 billion (£201 billion) – a 19% increase since 2010 – according to a survey by the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI). The European Responsible Investment Fund Survey, published by accountancy giant KPMG on behalf of ALFI,...
Switzerland, Germany and Austria see sustainable investment growth
Over €120 billion (£101 billion) is invested sustainably in Switzerland, Germany and Austria, according to the sustainable investment trade body that covers the three countries. In a report, Forum Nachhaltige Geldanlagen (FNG) – the Sustainable Investment Forum – also revealed that investments into sustainable funds in the regions now...
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