The Responsible Investment Association (RIA), a Canadian sustainable investment leader, has announced the launch of a new online responsible investment course for financial advisers and other...
A series of surveys tracking the awareness of and support for shale gas shows that public backing for the industry has slipped following several protests and...
Burberry has committed to making its products toxic-free from 2020, following several weeks of pressure from Greenpeace East Asia. This comes after an investigation by the...
Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg’s philanthropic foundation is to give a $53m (£32m) grant to combat overfishing, while showing investors how they can make...
Barack Obama told Congress on Tuesday that the US has plans to further reduce carbon emissions while boosting renewables and energy efficiency. In his annual State...
The investment management arm of the sustainable bank Triodos has launched a €25.3m (£20.8m) fund focused on organic food companies and sustainable consumer brands across Europe....
The organisation responsible for managing property owned by the crown, which includes most of the UK seabed and half the foreshore, is to continue paying an...
Parker Liautaud, who arrived at the South Pole unaided on Christmas Eve after an 18-day trek, said he undertook the challenge in an effort to “reignite...
Green bond issuance should more than double this year to a global record of $25 billion (£15 billion), according to investment bank HSBC. The proceeds from...
Ecology Building Society has teamed up with the Plunkett Foundation to launch a bespoke mortgage package specifically for community-owned shops. The initiative aims to tackle the...
F&C, one of London City’s oldest investment firms, has agreed to an all-cash £708 million takeover from Canadian Bank BMO Global Asset Management. The firm announced...
The City of London must embrace social impact investing in order to bridge the gap between the costs of meeting social needs and the limits of...
Almost three-quarters of financial advisers are backing renewable energy investment, according to a new study. However, the research also found that many advisers lack knowledge about...
A wind farm in the Irish Sea has begun generating clean electricity, in what represents the first major step towards the full commissioning of the 108-turbine...
Eighty-two per cent of people are unaware of the financial risks that derive from investing in fossil fuels, despite saying that risk was a vital factor...