The government-owned UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) has unveiled new plans to raise a £1 billion fund that will encourage private investors to support Britain’s offshore...
The rise of crowdfunding continues, with celebrity chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall using the platform Crowdcube to raise £1m for his restaurant and food business River Cottage. River...
It’s fair to say that the vast majority of us do not want to harm our planet for our children and grandchildren. Yet the investment decisions...
Student activists have met with representatives from advocacy organisation Universities UK (UUK) to discuss British universities’ multi-billion pound investments in fossil fuel companies. Nicola Dandridge, chief...
A campaign group is calling on the government to take immediate action on sugar and junk food, producing a document covering seven areas of policy that...
Tickets for five events taking place during Sustainable September, Blue & Green Tomorrow’s month-long celebration of sustainability, have been released to the general public. Click here...
Financial advisers are reluctant to advise and recommend on social investments because of the perceived risks and uncertainty around how regulation affects obligations to clients, according...
The Green Investment bank (GIB) could potentially seek private capital in the future in order to raise additional funds, according to the bank’s CEO Shaun Kingsbury....
Investment management firm Quilter Cheviot, which specialises in sustainability, has been recognised for its work in providing investment solutions to charities. The firm has made it...
The government has described the UK as the “most advanced social investment market”, in its 2014 progress update which looks at how the market is growing...
The number of high net-worth individuals (HNWI), those that have $1 million (£0.6m) or more of investable assets, has grown worldwide by 15% in the last...
The Financial Promotion Regime, which regulates the marketing of small-scale investments, risks “stifling” growth in social investment because of the barriers it is creating, according to...
Student pressure group People & Planet took to the offices of advocacy organisation Universities UK (UUK) on Thursday, in a campaign against British universities’ investments in...
Ahead of its initial public offering (IPO) high street bank TSB has been valued at £1.3 billion by parent company Lloyds Banking Group. The valuation has...
Oakland city council has unveiled plans to become the fifth Californian city to move finance away from companies blamed for worsening climate change, while also banning...