Inside Job is a well received and Oscar-winning documentary on the financial crisis. The film argues that the crisis was predicted and could have been prevented....
Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring is as groundbreaking, controversial and relevant today as it was when it was first published in 1962. The book argues that uncontrolled...
A new website has been launched to provide churches and religious groups with advice on how to invest in line with their ethical and moral values. The website, yourfaithyourfinance.org, has been developed by...
We are into the penultimate day of National Ethical Investment Week (NEIW) 2013, and today’s ethical investment pioneer is Mark Hoskin of Holden & Partners. He follows UKSIF...
Mike McGinn, the mayor of Seattle, has responded to Harvard University president Drew Faust’s comments on the pitfalls of fossil fuels divestment, saying that it’s a...
A new report has suggested that there is an increasing risk of natural disasters as more people move into urban areas. The Institute of Mechanical Engineers...
Labour leader Ed Miliband has declared that it is “time for payback” for payday lenders, saying that the loan companies will be hit by higher taxes...
The government is to “stress test” green energy policies after two of the big six energy providers announced an increase in their prices. The policies are...
Crowdfunding is a democratic form of financing that allows people to direct their money towards projects they consider important, innovative and socially useful. Each month, we...
Energy efficiency providers need to develop new technologies and products in order to get a “foot in the door” of the as yet untapped home renovation...
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has classified outdoor air pollution as the most widespread environmental carcinogen. The IARC – a World Health Organisation...
National Ethical Investment Week (NEIW) 2013 is underway, and a wide range of national newspapers and media outlets have written about some of the themes associated with...
Fiduciary responsibility, in investment parlance, means acting in the best interests of the person whose money is being managed. Since we are typically talking about a...
The UK government has announced plans to make the UK “a global centre of expertise” in opening up the Arctic to exploitation by oil and gas...
Seb Beloe, head of sustainability research at WHEB Asset Management, outlines a new model of sustainable investment that is leaving traditional negative screening strategies in its...