Edinburgh-based pensions and insurance firm Standard Life has confirmed that it is in talks to buy Ignis Asset Management from rival firm Phoenix Group Holdings. Ignis...
The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has revealed that 2001-2010 was the warmest decade on record, while 13 of the 14 warmest years in recorded history have...
Responsible investment “continues to gather momentum globally”, driven by investor values, risk management and the introduction of stronger codes and standards, according to asset management business...
The benefits of an Arctic region that stays greener for longer because of warming temperatures are not sufficient to offset the carbon released by the thawing...
A study from independent research consortium Researching Fracking in Europe (ReFINE) has found that data looking at the risks of leaking shale gas wells is “sparse”....
Siemens has announced a £160m investment in an offshore wind turbine manufacturing plant in Hull, which is set to create 1,000 direct jobs and many more...
Alex Blackburne explores the long-term financial benefits of active ownership. There was a time when investors at both an institutional and retail level would be almost...
Pension funds have been urged to “lead from the front” and hold companies to account. To mark the second annual Ownership Day, institutional investors are being...
Green party MP Caroline Lucas appeared in court on Monday charged with blocking a highway and breaching the public order act, after her arrest at an...
A group of three pension funds and 100 individual shareholders have co-filed a shareholder resolution in an effort to improve employee rights at National Express. The...
A platform for world-changing ideas or a “recipe for civilisational disaster”? TED, the popular conference series that shares “ideas worth spreading”, divides opinion – but the...
Blue & Green Daily finds and summarises the top sustainability stories around the web every morning. We start with our own picks from Blue & Green...
Intense winter rainfalls might cause more agricultural chemicals to be washed away into waterways, polluting rivers and encouraging the growth of algae, according to UK academics....
Conservationists have laid out a $10.5m (£6.4m) plan to protect the world’s rarest gorilla from poaching and habitat loss. The critically endangered Cross River gorilla is...
Just months after completing its £1.5 billion recapitalisation plan, the Co-operative Bank is seeking to raise an additional £400m following the discovery of another hole in...