The Green Climate Fund headquarters in Songdo, South Korea, opened on Wednesday, but concerns around the funding body’s finances remain. The United Nations (UN) fund aims...
A new study has found that three-quarters of Dutch investors are willing to give up a portion of their pension income if it means their investments...
According to the World Food Programme, “People are considered food secure when they have all-time access to sufficient, safe, nutritious food to maintain a healthy and...
Investors will receive tax reliefs from April 2014 when they invest in social enterprises and social impact bonds, George Osborne revealed in an autumn statement on...
George Osborne delivered his fourth autumn statement as chancellor of the exchequer on Thursday morning. Here is reaction on a range of issues that the speech...
The government should introduce a tax relief for social impact investments in order to widen the sector’s attraction to the retail market, specialist ethical financial advisers...
Investors are focusing on their short-term financial plans and challenges rather than considering the long-term impacts, according to a survey from asset management firm BlackRock. Thinking...
Howard Marks, a renowned American investor and author, paid tribute to the Islamic finance industry’s ethical values during a keynote speech at a House of Commons...
Professors from the University of California and Cornell University have called on academic institutions to listen to the students who were calling for the divestment of fossil...
The European commission has said it is imposing fines on eight financial institutions – including the British-based Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) – over accusations that...
The sustainable investment industry has called on George Osborne’s autumn statement to show an awareness of long-term megatrends such as climate change and resource scarcity while...
The Pembrokeshire Coast national park, established in 1952, covers an area of around 243 sq miles of west Wales coastline. It is unique in being the only national...
How can we fix our broken financial system? That question has been contemplated by many since the economic crisis first hit in 2007. But bringing together leading...
Some of the world’s leading economists have come together to look at ways in which the health gap between the richest and poorest people on the...
The details of the UK government’s National Infrastructure Plan are to be announced on Wednesday, setting out around £375 billion of public and private investment across...