The UK boasts the second largest market in Europe for socially responsible investment (SRI) retail funds, according to new analysis. Between June 2012 and June 2013,...
The survival rate of a newly born enterprise in its first three years is around two-thirds. This drops to well under half at the five-year mark....
We are dramatically altering the planet and environment on which society’s prosperity depends – yet talk to the ‘man at the pub’, and he’s apathetic, inert...
The government has issued a response to the Kay review, which urged longer term thinking in the investment world. Its feedback outlines plans to act on...
Financial services giant Morgan Stanley has launched a new institute that it hopes will help mobilise private capital towards sustainable investment, and direct $1 billion to...
We will “[continue] to have regard for the highest standards of ethical principles”, the Co-operative Bank stated in an advert on Monday. This is despite being...
At least 15% of the Co-operative Bank’s branches will close as part of its £1.5 billion recapitalisation. Its rescue plan also sees hedge funds take a...
In 2008, financial adviser Filip Slipaczek made the headlines. Ethical investment, he said, “is no longer within the domain of the lentil-chewing sandal-wearing lefties of the 1960s....
Several private investors explain their motivations for investing in Wedmore Community Power Co-operative, a vibrant rural community now directly served by its own green power plant. I...
A social impact bond (SIB) set up to provide support to short-term prisoners in Peterborough is proving to be a success, the government has said. The...
A report into the Royal Bank of Scotland’s (RBS) lending operations has said that the part state-owned bank has failed its small and medium sized enterprise...
Blue & Green Tomorrow’s core aim is to encourage readers to buy from, and invest in, businesses that balance the needs of the planet, its people and...
Governments are innovative and take risks: a sentence not heard all too often. But in this week’s featured TED talk, Mariana Mazzucato, professor of economics at the University...
The main Indian stock market index, Sensex, has reached an all-time high, surpassing 2008’s previous record. Improving investor sentiment resulted in a boost in inflows of...
The Dutch town of Boxtel is set to become the first municipality in Europe to divest from fossil fuels companies. This follows its decision to ban...