The South African Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF) will look at responsible investment in property, after signing up to a sustainable real estate organisation. GEPF, the...
Tim Dieppe, partner and fund manager at WHEB Asset Management, describes a recent experience that saw him in the audience for a talk from former US...
Environmental campaign group Friends of the Earth has spoken out in support of the government’s chief scientific adviser Sir John Beddington, who yesterday warned of the...
Solar crowdfunding website SunFunder has been announced as the winner of the Cleantech Goes Social competition, organised and run by Facebook and Cleantech Group. After being named...
The big five UK banks managed to nullify their collective 45% increase in profits in 2012, due to PPI mis-selling, hefty fines and internal mistakes, according...
A number of reinsurance companies – the insurers of the insurance firms – have started to address climate change issues, but many still ignore the importance...
Some of the world’s leading sustainability-minded financial institutions will be honoured by The Financial Times (FT) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) on June 13, when...
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) is a term used to describe the overarching areas that characterise a sustainable, responsible or ethical investment. Environmental and social issues...
The government has launched the aviation policy framework – a document that aims to strengthen the industry by tackling its environmental footprint. The framework looks at...
A group of beekeepers and environmentalists are suing the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in an effort to curb the use of insecticides that research has...
Climate change and extreme weather conditions pose huge risks to investors, so mitigation strategies are necessary to avoid future losses, according to a report by a...
With guides coming out from stalwarts of unsustainable investment, FT Adviser and New Model Adviser (part of Citywire), we have to ask if sustainable investment is gaining...
1807 was a year of great progress in the battle against slavery. The US passed an act prohibiting the importation of slaves, and the UK banned...
Scientists have argued that world leaders need to introduce six new sustainable development goals (SDGs) to achieve global sustainability. Following UN meetings earlier this month, a study...
In the book Pale Blue Dot*, Carl Sagan, the astronomer and author, described Earth as “a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam“. Earth is vulnerable...