David Cameron unveiled a Social Stock Exchange at the Social Impact Investment Conference on Thursday, in order to help push social investment in the UK. The...
The 21 climate activists who occupied West Burton gas power station last autumn have been given conditional discharges and ordered to do community service – but...
One of the UK’s most prolific social investment lenders has welcomed new measures to help push social investment, and urged third sector organisations to seize the...
In at five in our look at the richest small towns in Britain through a sustainability lens, as ranked by consultancy firm WealthInsight, is Henley-on-Thames in...
The Bilderberg Group’s meeting in Watford has caused a flurry of media speculation about its secretive nature and agenda. We do not subscribe to the wilder...
There are plenty of independent financial advisers (IFAs) across the country who give advice on ethical, sustainable and responsible investment. Our job is to tell you...
International development minister Alan Duncan has visited survivors of the Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh, and announced that the UK will work with the overseas manufacturing...
“Social investment can be a great force for social change on the planet“, said David Cameron, during a speech at the Social Impact Investment Conference on...
The government is meeting with business leaders on Thursday to discuss social impact investment. Less than two weeks before the UK hosts the G8 summit, it’s...
Communities will be financially rewarded for living near onshore wind developments under new plans unveiled by the government. But the industry has warned that this might...
Governments and investors must make clean energy their priority if they want to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions, campaign group WWF has urged. Hopes to include...
Next under the sustainability microscope is the fourth richest small town in Britain, as ranked by consultancy firm WealthInsight: Beaconsfield. A market town located 23 miles...
A study has estimated the value of shark ‘eco-tourism’ to be $314m a year (£204m), but the ocean’s greatest predator is under threat by overfishing, particularly...
Chris Farrell highlights the easy mistakes we – the trusting public – can make when buying into a group acceptance, when scandalous acts are all too...
The overwhelming majority of investors believe corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability reports are “essential” for large companies, according to a survey. Ninety per cent of...