The United Kingdom has the seventh largest economy in the world measured by Gross Domestic Product (GDP), down from fifth in 1979. Despite our slow overall...
Few people realise that almost all ethical investing is about what you don’t invest in, not what you do. This is called negative screening and it...
Scientists at Durham University have discovered that Antarctic ice sheet retreat can briefly stop during extended phases of global warming, making it appear like glaciers are...
A high-profile alliance of charities, co-operatives and organisations has published a manifesto to help advance community-owned renewable energy in the UK. Energy secretary Ed Davey is...
“Few paid much attention” to page 29 of the Bank of England’s Financial Stability report in June, writes Ian King, business editor of The Times. The page...
Every autumn, the financial press spends seven short days focusing on ethical investment. The rest of the year, it returns to writing about the business of...
The Green Investment Bank (GIB) – a £3 billion scheme to accelerate investment in green infrastructure – has been granted state aid approval by the European...
The principles of ethical investment chime notoriously well with the values held by charities, faith groups and the public sector. Alex Blackburne spoke with Helen Wildsmith...
Growing economic and demographic pressures look set to impact on the supply and demand of timber, making it an appealing investment opportunity for the future. At...
There are a number of interesting events taking place during this year’s National Ethical Investment Week – one of which was hosted by Ethex, a non-profit that...
Some commentators like to paint ethical or responsible investors as a slightly deluded, financially naïve bunch of simple folk, more fond of ‘doing good’ and hugging...
Charity Bank, one of the primary lenders to the UK charitable and social sectors, turns 10 years old today – somewhat fittingly, right in the middle...
National Ethical Investment Week might be dominating the headlines this week, but over in Canada, there’s another sustainability-centred event taking place: Eco Fashion Week. Taking place...
Two of the fastest growing ethical investment markets are agriculture and forestry. And, as its National Ethical Investment Week, Alex Blackburne caught up with Michael Young,...
Investors in Great Britain think that charities should take it upon themselves to become frontrunners in responsible investment, according to figures released as part of National...