FTSE launches new environmental index
FTSE has unveiled the Environmental Technologies Index (ET 100), which will assess companies operating within environmental markets. The ET 100 is the 21st index in the FTSE Environmental Markets series and will include firms involved in environmental technologies such as renewable energy, water, energy efficiency, waste management and pollution...
£14m Social Impact Bond fund launched
Big Society Capital and Bridges Ventures have launched a £14m Social Impact Bond (SIB) fund, in an effort to help channel finance into the social economy. The first SIB was launched in September 2010 by Social Finance UK. The funds are effectively a contract with the public sector, in...
US students call for responsible investment by universities
A group of students from the US have urged three prestigious universities to strengthen their investment policies regarding minerals extraction in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Students from Yale, Brown and Dartmouth launched the appeal to their institutions because of their worries about human rights abuses in mining...
Speakers announced for FT/IFC Sustainable Finance Conference
Some of the world’s biggest names in global finance and sustainability have been announced as speakers at the Sustainable Finance Conference, organised by The Financial Times (FT) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), this June. The conference, now in its seventh year, focuses on the urgent need to tackle global...
World celebrates International Workers’ Day
Today, more than 80 countries will celebrate International Workers’ Day – a campaign for workers around the world to receive fundamental human rights. The event will be observed through marches, demonstrations, concerts and festivals on every continent. In 1886, workers in Chicago were demonstrating during a general strike over...
Public will vote for candidates that support wind farms, says poll
A poll conducted by ComRes on behalf of trade body RenewableUK ahead of tomorrow’s local elections has revealed that 35% of the public are more likely to vote for a candidate who supports wind farm developments. Results from the poll of 2,019 voters suggest that parties with pro-wind policies...
UAE to sign £1bn financing deal with UK Green Investment Bank
The UK government is expected to sign an agreement with United Arab Emirates (UAE) president Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al Nahyan this week, that will see the UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) invest collaboratively with Masdar. The GIB has up to £3 billion of investment available for energy efficiency,...
Amnesty International challenges pension fund over investment in lethal drug
Human rights group Amnesty International has questioned Sweden’s pension fund over its investment in companies that produce drugs used for executions. The organisation claims that the Sixth Swedish National Pension Fund (AP Fund) is investing in pharmaceutical companies that produce propofol, an anaesthetic drug used in the US for...
BT tops inaugural UK carbon ranking index
BT, Vodafone and biopharmaceutical firm Astrazeneca have made it into the top three of a new ranking that grades firms based on their greenhouse gas emissions, relative to their turnover. But the research, by thinktank the Environmental Investment Organisation (EIO), suggests that almost half of the UK’s biggest companies...
Increase in support for renewable energy in government poll
Public support for renewable energy in the UK has risen to 82% from 79% in the latest Public Attitudes Tracking Survey conducted by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC). Eighty-five per cent of respondents gave their backing to solar, while 77% said they were behind wave and...
Global CO2 levels on the brink of unwanted milestone
Data suggests that the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is set to reach 400 parts per million (ppm) over the next few days – levels unseen since the Pliocene epoch three million years ago. It would be the first time in human history that CO2 had reached...
Europe urged to ‘invest in long-term transformations’ to tackle climate change
As Europe’s climate warms, cities have been warned that changes to flood defences, water supplies, infrastructure and cultivation need to be implemented in order to ensure that the continent’s economy, environment and society do not suffer. The recommendations from the European Environment Agency (EEA) appear in a report, Adaptation...
‘Growing confidence in alternative finance’ as ethical lending grows
New research shows that while bank lending may be falling in the UK, loans from Community Development Finance Institutions (CDFIs) have doubled in two years – to the tune of almost £1 billion. A study by the Community Development Finance Association (CDFA), the trade body for CDFIs, describes community-based lending...
UN announces new measures to fight child labour
The UN International Labour Organisation (ILO) has suggested a number of important social protection measures that it hopes will decrease the number of children that are forced to work. Its World Report on Child Labour states that by introducing measures such as cash transfers to both parents and older...
£85m eco-tourism project in the pipeline for South Lanarkshire
A Scottish eco-tourism project, which developers say has the potential to bring a “significant boost” to the local economy, is set for a public consultation over its construction. The £85m attraction in South Lanarkshire comprises of three biospheres – temperate, tropical and polar – and contains plants and animals...
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