Best-in-class investment means investing in companies that are frontrunners in meeting environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria in their particular universe, asset class or category. Sometimes...
A new report by leading accountancy and audit firm KPMG has claimed that building societies are back in a healthy state after the financial crash of...
With just over two weeks until this year’s National Ethical Investment Week (October 13-19) kicks off, we’re catching up with financial advisers who specialise in ethical investment. Given...
Blue & Green Tomorrow has acquired ethical investment website Worldwise Investor to strengthen its investment and finance output. The deal, which will see Worldwise rebranded as...
Sir Richard Lambert, former director-general of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), has been tasked with setting up a new body that will monitor the standards...
Two-thirds of global chief executives believe that businesses are not doing enough to address global sustainability challenges, according to a new UN report. The survey, of...
UKIP’s energy spokesperson, Roger Helmer, has accused anti-fracking campaigners of being “eco-freaks” and trying to kill off the “greatest new economic opportunity”. Speaking at the party’s conference...
US investment bank JP Morgan Chase has been fined $920m (£573m) for concealing so-called ‘London Whale’ trades that led to losses of $6.2 billion. Regulators in...
Comments made about the alleged poor performance of sustainable investment funds by a leading asset manager have been described as “ill-informed and naive” by the industry’s...
The European renewable energy industry has written to the European parliament, urging it to set a legally binding target for 2030. The industry warned that without...
US stock markets hit a record high and global markets rallied on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve unexpectedly said it would maintain its economic stimulus program....
David Nicholls, a private investor, explains what motivated him to put money into the John Cleveland College (JCC) Community Woodheat Co-operative. Like most savers I’ve been despairing...
Blue & Green Tomorrow’s sustainable investment bootcamp for financial advisers takes place a week today (September 26) at the prestigious Lincoln’s Inn in London. Eighty-three advisers...
Finding a financial adviser who is trustworthy is the top priority for people on the lookout for financial advice, according to a new survey. Thirty-six per...
The crucial Scottish independence referendum will take place on September 18, 2014: a year today. It remains to be seen how the proposed split from the...