Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of social networking giant Facebook, has announced plans to hook up the entire planet’s population to the internet. Zuckerberg, who founded the...
One thing is almost guaranteed upon graduation from university, and that’s that students will leave with an often hefty debt to pay off. Though the bank...
With just over seven weeks until this year’s National Ethical Investment Week (October 13-19), we’ll be catching up with a different financial adviser that specialises in ethical investment in...
The $750 billion Government Pension Fund of Norway (GPF) has responded to a review of its investment strategy, which described its ethical footprint as “severely limited”...
Italian socially responsible fund manager Etica SGR has seen its client base grow 25% since the beginning of 2013, as well as a net profit boost...
Two in five people are expected to switch banks when a new £750m government-backed system is introduced in September, which will allow consumers to move their...
Using the Alliance Trust Sustainable Future UK, European and Global Growth funds as a proxy for our equity strategies we analysed how much carbon dioxide (CO2)...
There is something in the air. Collaborative working spaces, social innovation, crowdsourcing and crowdfunding, impact investing, social impact bonds, venture-philanthropy, social enterprises, triple-bottom lines, social return...
The charity Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) has reported an ‘alarming’ 78% increase in enquiries made to food banks across the UK. The figures, which were made public...
Helen Wildsmith, of church and charity asset manager CCLA, speaks to Blue & Green Tomorrow about philanthropy and ethical and responsible investment. This piece originally featured...
Policies to promote renewable energy generation, especially in Europe, are well publicised, and are noble, if ambitious. 20% of all Europe’s energy (domestic heating, transport fuel...
Private equity is an asset class – like bonds and fixed income – that consists of specialised investors putting money into a private company whose stocks...
Accountancy firm KPMG has released a report, in which it claims that too much regulation on the big banks will curb growth. The study shows that...
In the second episode of a four-part BBC Radio 4 series, David Grossman continues his investigation into how you pay for the city. This time, he...
A new report by Swiss investment group RobecoSAM, which scores countries on sustainability based on their environmental, social and governance (ESG) policies, has hailed Sweden as...