40 institutional investors resulting in a $1.25 trillion coalition have engaged with 16 multinational food companies demonstrating the material risks posed by industrial animal production. Investors include Swedish...
New report released claims the world’s largest companies are under-reporting sustainability policies and performance, hindering access to data that could allow investors to play a full...
The first ever wide-scale benchmark on companies’ human rights policies, processes and practices has the support 80 investors. The Corporate Human Rights Benchmark (CHRB) announced today that...
The International Development Committee published a report urging the Government to push forwards with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. Steve Waygood, from Aviva Investors, is...
Farm animal welfare has been supported by eighteen institutional signatories. The investors, who represent £1.5 trillion in assets, have released a statement on farm animal welfare,...
Almost a third of all natural World Heritage Sites has the threat of oil, gas and mining exploration hanging over it, according to a new report....
EU leaders will hold an emergency refugee summit on Wednesday in an attempt to agree on a European response to the worst refugee crisis since World...
Angel Gurria, secretary general of the OECD, has called on governments to rethink the role of coal in energy supply, arguing the scale of investment being...
Investors from across the globe, with $3.9 trillion (£2.5tn) of assets under management, have urged companies to use a new guide to help them report human...
Investors with over £550 billion in assets under management have called on the government to consider legal clarification when it comes to stewardship issues. This follows...
UK pensions funds and asset management companies potentially have up to £37 billion invested in ‘land grabs’ worldwide, according to a report published by Friends of...
An investment vehicle that lost out in the auction of 630 Lloyds Bank branches in 2012 has moved to take legal action against the bank after...
Peter Michaelis answers 20 questions on life, sustainability and everything. Head of sustainable and responsible investment (SRI) at Alliance Trust, he has managed money in the...
What will business look like in the future and who are our future leaders? This is the sixth instalment in our series speaking with a group...
Four leading investment houses discuss the compelling case for sustainable investment and the barriers that are currently stopping it from becoming truly mainstream. This article originally...