As we reported on Saturday, the responsible investment campaign group FairPensions has released a challenging report on the state of ethical funds. The critical but welcome...
Many of the world’s biggest companies are setting themselves ambitious emissions reduction and clean energy targets despite faltering policy in their respective countries, according to a...
Bailed out, repeat offender Northern Rock has cost the taxpayer another £270m, due to badly worded loan statements. Meanwhile, 152,000 borrowers stand to gain £1,775 on...
HSBC was today fined £1.2bn (1% of market capitalisation) over US claims that it was engaged in money laundering for terrorists. Its “profoundly sorry” CEO, Stuart...
David Cameron is set to answer questions on the government’s environmental credentials at 4pm this afternoon, when he faces the House of Commons liaison committee. The...
Boris Johnson’s Telegraph column yesterday lauded fracking as “an answer to the nation’s prayers“. But, in a piece that originally appeared on his blog, Tim Fenton unpicks Johnson’s article, which...
Environmental campaign group Greenpeace has secured over 30,000 signatures in a petition for supermarket chain Waitrose to drop its affiliation with oil giant Shell. Waitrose announced...
Oil investors could be exposed to “serious financial risk” if they fail to challenge multinational firms over their responsibility, a report by the University of Essex...
It’s been just over a week since the government unveiled the energy bill. The pantomime politics around its publication have made for an energy drama that...
A report by responsible investment campaigners FairPensions has ranked 20 of the largest ethical investment houses into a responsibility ranking. Ethical fund providers were scored on...
The Green Investment Bank (GIB) has appointed Peter Knott as its chief risk officer. The former Deloitte & Touche executive was Chief Operating Officer of Risk...
Governments from the UK and Germany have combined during climate change negotiations in Qatar to launch the NAMA Facility, a project that aims to assist poorer...
We’re delighted to welcome you to Blue & Green Tomorrow’s Guide to Ethical Shopping – our penultimate report of 2012. With Christmas fast approaching, there’s perhaps no better time...
In the wake of the financial crisis, new research suggests that both the demand for and understanding of ethical investment has grown in the past 12...
The Arctic is found to have surpassed a number of records in 2012, including for sea ice loss, snow cover and Greenland ice sheet melting, according...