TED talks: the death of innovation, the end of growth – Robert Gordon
Robert Gordon is one of the world’s most influential macroeconomists. Earlier in 2013, he gave a TED talk about how the death of innovation will signal the end of growth. He says, “There are four headwinds that are just hitting the American economy in the face: They’re demographics, education,...
Local elections preview: UKIP
Struggling to decide who to vote for in the local elections on Thursday May 2? Don’t worry, as all this week, Blue & Green Tomorrow is outlining the energy, environment and investment credentials of all five major parties. We’ve already covered the Conservatives, Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the Greens. The final piece of the...
Ethical IFA of the week: Bromige
There are plenty of independent financial advisers (IFAs) across the country who give advice on ethical and environmental investments. Our job is to tell you about them. Bromige is located in the picturesque village of Forest Row, in East Sussex. It currently has three financial advisers – Christian Thal-Jantzen,...
Pensions committee can go further by encouraging sustainable investment, says UKSIF
Pension schemes need to realign their focus onto long-term and responsible investment, according to the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF). Its calls come after the publication of the work and pensions committee’s latest report, Improving governance and best practice in workplace pensions. The report says a single...
Local elections preview: the Green party
Struggling to decide who to vote for in the local elections on Thursday May 2? Don’t worry, as all this week, Blue & Green Tomorrow is outlining the energy, environment and investment credentials of all five major parties. We’ve already covered the big three: the Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats in this...
Firm launches research tool for sustainable investment
A London-based business has developed a research tool to help asset managers check the sustainability and behaviour of companies in which they may be investing. FusionExperience has created the Sustainable Investment Research Portal, an instrument designed to help the industry monitor the environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance of a...
Twitter hoax wipes $200bn off Dow Jones (for five minutes)
The Wall Street Journal yesterday reported on a sudden but short-lived fall in the US stock market. This is a powerful demonstration of how fragile financial capitalism remains. The WSJ wrote, “A tweet purportedly from the Associated Press just before 1:08pm reported two explosions in the White House and that...
The UK canary in the carbon mine
“Smart investors can see that investing in companies that rely solely or heavily on constantly replenishing reserves of fossil fuels is becoming a very risky decision.” These were the words of Lord Stern, following the publication of Carbon Tracker’s latest report. Ted Franks of WHEB Asset Management digs in...
Encouraging pension funds to divest from land grabbing activities
Friends of the Earth is running an ethical pension campaign to encourage investors to ask their providers if they invest in land grabbing activities. Emma Websdale spoke with campaigner Kirtana Chandrasekaran to discuss why it is such an important issue. According to Friends of the Earth, land grabs are on...
Local elections preview: The Conservatives
Struggling to decide who to vote for in the local elections on Thursday May 2? Don’t worry, as all this week, Blue & Green Tomorrow will be outlining the energy, environment and investment credentials of all five major parties. For a full list of local authorities that are voting,...
The Guide to Corporate Social Responsibility 2013
Welcome to Blue & Green Tomorrow’s Guide to Corporate Social Responsibility 2013. In these pages, we outline why CSR, responsible business, sustainability – whatever you wish to call it – cannot simply be an obligatory side-project that comes to the fore every 12 months in the form of a glossy...
Church of England investing bodies set out policy for sustainable executive rewards
The Church of England’s three national investing bodies, which manage some £8 billion in assets, have published an updated policy that seeks to reward top-level executives based on their sustainability credentials over the longer term. The policy, by the Church Commissioners for England, the Church of England Pensions Board...
Report says investing in fossil fuels is a ‘very risky decision’
The majority of fossil fuels are “unburnable” if governments want to stay within their carbon emission limits, according to a comprehensive report by leading economists. Unburnable carbon 2013: Wasted capital and stranded assets, by Carbon Tracker and the London School of Economics’ Grantham Research Institute, says that some 60-80%...
Swimming against the tide: ethical banks as countermovement
The recent financial crisis laid bare the problems of our current capitalist economy, which is increasingly dominated by financial interests. Investments in the real economy are assessed as to the risk they pose to, and the financial returns they achieve for investors. The impact of economic activity on the...
Two US polls contradict independent research on sustainable investment
Two polls, by Spectrem’s Millionaire Corner in the US, claim that high net-worth and millionaire investors are more concerned about returns than about social responsibility. Details of the first study were released on April 9, under the headline, High net-worth not big on socially responsible investments. It claimed less...
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