Six Danish pension funds have given their members an opportunity to vote on fossil fuel divestment. The votes come as the divestment movement continues to gather...
In order to limit climate change public spending on low-carbon technology research and development must triple, according to a report published by the International Energy Agency...
Ecology Building Society has extended its support for the renewable energy sector with a £250,000 investment through online investment platform Abundance. The investment marks the start...
The Church of England has committed to divesting from two of the most polluting fossil fuels, thermal coal and tar sands. The organisation argues the Church...
Future healthcare professionals are asking leading health research funders to divest from the fossil fuel industry, arguing the sector poses a risk to human health and...
Products and services supplied by investor WHEB’s private equity portfolio companies have cut annual emissions by 400 metric tonnes, the equivalent of the power consumption of...
SOAS, University of London, has announced that over the next three years it will fully divest from fossil fuels, making it the first university in the...
Many of the world’s largest investors are continuing to make a “big gamble” on accelerating climate change by investing in carbon intensive assets, according to a...
The Carbon Tracker Initiative has warned fossil fuel companies to stress test their business model against low carbon, low price scenarios or risk shareholder value falling....
Investors that back renewable energy projects in Europe are being urged to gain an deeper understanding of the market and its value as many existing government...
Staff at SOAS, University of London, have called on the educational institution’s management to divest from fossil fuels, citing an ethical duty. Some 63 members of...
Rodney Schwartz, formally the Head of Equities for Lehman Brothers and now CEO of ClearlySo, discusses his transition from the ‘dark side’. This article was originally...
The UN’s secretary-general Ban Ki-moon has called for increased cooperation and investment to tackle climate change, noting there has been “enormous progress” but that the stakes...
The University of Edinburgh’s central management group has received a recommendation for the educational institution to divest from companies involved coal and tar sands extraction. The...
Clean energy investment down 15% in 2015, according to figures from Bloomberg New Energy Finance. However, the figures suggest that falling oil and gas prices have...