FirstEnergy, one of the largest investor-owned electricity suppliers in the US, has agreed to assess its carbon emissions, after shareholders asked the company to become more...
A leading US investment analyst has downgraded his rating of Apple, Amazon and tobacco firm Philip Morris on moral and ethical grounds. Ronnie Moas of StandPoint...
CDP has said it has seen an “exponential increase” in the number of investors asking companies to improve their climate performance. Its number of carbon action...
Former Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) chief James Gifford has become a senior fellow at Harvard University’s Initiative for Responsible Investment and an adviser to venture investment...
Four schools in the borough of Stafford are set to benefit from the largest school-based community energy project to date, which is aiming to install solar...
The Danish Climate Investment Fund, which will invest in climate-related projects in developing countries, has received a total investment commitment of 1.2 billion kroner (£130m). The...
We want to connect investors and consumers with fast growth, highly innovative sustainable companies. In this second instalment in a new series profiling some of the...
We begin 2014 with the third annual edition of The Guide to Sustainable Tourism, and a brand new look for Blue & Green Tomorrow’s guides. With insight and advice...
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has admitted that it is difficult to measure the advice gap and its effects following regulatory change. Speaking at a...
Whatever you call it – sustainable investment, responsible investment or ethical investment – the challenge for 2014 is not how to make niche funds mainstream, but...
“We’re going all out for shale gas”, the shiny man says. All out for a technology whose availability is unproven and undefined, its impacts unclear and...
Public Health England (PHE) has said there is “substantial and compelling evidence” to support the introduction of standardised cigarette packaging, whilst responding to an independent review....
The work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith has urged borrowers and savers to consider credit unions, citing their competitive rates and ethical benefits. The MP...
Lincolnshire is set to receive £30m investment from French-based oil and gas firm Total SA to investigate the county’s shale gas potential. Hydraulic fracking, or fracking, is...
Portfolio turnover measures how frequently fund managers buy and sell assets within a portfolio. The measurement is usually reported over a twelve-month period. A low turnover...