The news this week that Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) has signalled an end to its deforestation activities has been welcomed by environmental and campaigning organisations alike....
One of the world’s biggest paper companies has signalled an end to its deforestation activities in Indonesia, after continued pressure from environmental groups. Asia Pulp and...
Ethical investment is becoming the chosen vehicle for many investors who demand more than just financial growth from their money, writes James Howard of Emerald Knight....
Disturbing data released recently indicates that November 2012 was the 333rd consecutive month in which global temperatures were above the 20th century average. So will February...
In the wake of the financial crisis, new research suggests that both the demand for and understanding of ethical investment has grown in the past 12...
Forty-nine years ago today, John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. Just over a year earlier, he made his seminal “we choose to go to the moon” speech...
We seem to be locked in an endless financial crisis. Starting with a sub-prime housing bubble, complex financial derivatives linked to those assets contaminated global finance,...
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,...
The majority of ethical investors place environmental issues at the forefront of their mind when selecting their portfolios, according to a survey conducted by Worldwise Investor....
Arctic summer ice cover reaches its lowest extent since records began. Antarctic land ice is being lost and those losses are accelerating. Forest cover has fallen...
Fifty years ago today, JFK made his seminal “we choose to go to the moon” speech at Rice University. Less than a decade later, Neil Armstrong made “one small...
Not to be confused with Cornwall’s famous tourist attraction, California’s innovative Eden Projects is firmly of the opinion that planting trees can save lives. And in the...