The archbishop of Canterbury has called on energy firms to assess their “social obligations” amid political battles over energy price hikes. Justin Welby sympathised with consumers...
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...
A new study has found that consumers prefer lending from credit unions rather than payday loan companies. Payday loan companies have been the centre of much...
Big Issue founder John Bird has described ethical investment as “the biggest of fights” and encouraged people “become savvy” to bring about real financial change. In...
Seb Beloe of WHEB Asset Management argues that the Church of England should focus its energy on the growth markets of the future, over its current...
The Telegraph’s Questor column leapt onto the Wonga bandwagon on Friday, boldly and unsubstantiatedly declaring, “There is no such thing as an ethical investment.” There is certainly such...
One of the defences in the Church of England’s clerical kerfuffle over its indirect seed funding of payday lender Wonga (APR 5,853%), was that investment managers...
The Church of England declares war on payday lenders and then it’s uncovered it’s one of their investors. It’s a perfect story. And it draws back...
The day after the archbishop of Canterbury said he would try and compete payday lenders like Wonga “out of existence”, it was revealed that the Church...
The Church of England invests part of its £5.5 billion portfolio indirectly in Wonga, the same payday lender that this week the archbishop of Canterbury said...
The archbishop of Canterbury has waged an economic war on payday lenders, with his weapon of choice being church-backed credit unions. In an interview with Total...
Ethical investment produces “more sustainable” financial returns, as well as better quality of life for society, according to the Church of England’s Ethical Investment Advisory Group’s...
The threat of prison sentences would give bankers “pause for thought” in acting in a reckless, irresponsible and unsustainable manner, according to a major report by...
Claire Bassham, head of global communications at responsible investment research firm EIRIS, reflects on a recent St Paul’s Institute and CCLA debate into the morals, ethics...
Former oil industry executive Justin Welby will be confirmed as the new Archbishop of Canterbury in a ceremony at St Paul’s Cathedral today. Following his legal...