Electricity prices have risen 37% in the last three years, and are set to increase well above the rate of inflation for the foreseeable future. Looking...
The International Association of Investors in the Social Economy (INAISE) has said that social financing “is working”, ahead of its annual conference at which it will...
Many oil projects make “neither economic nor climate sense”, with as much as $1.1 trillion (£650 billion) of investor money at risk as a result, according...
Today we launch the logo and identity of Sustainable September 2014. Possibly more importantly, you can also register interest in attending one or all of the...
The chancellor George Osborne has criticised the impacts of and the lack of information around the EU financial transaction tax (FTT), after it was revealed some...
The board of trustees at the prestigious Californian university Stanford has decided not to make any more direct investments in coal mining companies, saying the energy...
Ten social entrepreneurs have been announced as winners of the Big Energy Idea, an initiative set up by the Ignite social investment fund to address key...
Sustainable September is a month-long exploration of sustainability in all its forms. The month will bring together interested parties, enlightened investors and consumers, professional service firms,...
John Fleetwood of the Cochabamba Project writes about how a sustainable investment opportunity in Bolivia is having tangible positive impacts on the local people. “We just...
The CEO of Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB), one of the largest Sharia-compliant lenders in the region, has said that Islamic banking is for everyone and...
Harvey McGrath, chairman of the Big Society Capital, has described social investment as a genuine “alternative and sustainable” way to fund work that benefits communities and...
The time has come for us to refocus on investing in its essential, connected form, writes Katherine Collins – to reintegrate investing with the real world,...
Rapidly increasing house prices that are far outstripping wage increases are driving inequality in the UK, according to the leading insurance and investment firm Legal &...
The Fossil Free Indexes has released The Carbon Underground, a ranking of the world’s most polluting companies based on the potential climate impact of their reserves....
A new community banking initiative will offer people in Bristol a “viable and integrated alternative solution” to mainstream banking and payday lenders when it launches a...