The sustainable investment sector in the US has a market potential of $650 billion, with 69% of financial advisers seeing it as a growth opportunity for...
There are less than two weeks to go before the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, or Rio+20, commences. Blue & Green Tomorrow scours the headlines...
AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) has announced the implementation of a number of measures to “improve the capabilities” of its responsible investment arm. The first of...
Tar sands, fur and animal testing are not sectors traditionally found in an ethical investor’s portfolio, but changes to F&C Asset Management’s policies mean that its...
The Islamic investment sector is focused on “expanding the global footprint” of the industry, according to discussions at the 8th Annual World Islamic Funds and Financial...
A new marine energy fund to help develop Scotland’s first commercially viable wave and tidal systems was announced by first minister Alex Salmond on the opening...
The FTSE Group has launched an environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) service unit – a move that it says is a “direct response” to growing...
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has released a report that examines ways in which companies can measure its contribution to sustainability initiatives. In the report, Sustainability Valuation: An Oxymoron?,...
A renewable energy company has installed over 1,000 solar panels at a site in Warrington, in what it’s calling “the biggest roof-based solar PV project in...
The UK and Iceland could soon be sharing geothermal energy sources, after the pair signed a memorandum of understanding to investigate opportunities for Icelandic volcanoes to...
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has warned that development in cheap gas techniques such as ‘fracking’ may terminate support for renewables. Developments in energy sources such as...
The University of Greenwich has been named the greenest university in the UK in the latest edition of People & Planet’s Green League. Taking the top...
Ernst & Young’s latest Country Attractiveness Indices (CAI) has found that although investment in clean energy was at its lowest level since 2009 at the beginning...
Germany’s solar installations well and truly soaked in the sun over the weekend, working overtime to provide a peak of 22 gigawatts (GW) of electricity per...
The much-anticipated Green Investment Bank (GIB) inched closer to its fully-fledged form last week when two directors were appointed to the top positions within the public...