A US conservation organisation has divested 70% of the exposure to fossil fuel stocks it previously held, because of the “urgency of the threat” that climate...
The University of Vermont’s (UVM) board of trustees has rejected proposals from students calling for fossil fuel divestment by the institution. Student groups have responded by...
A coalition of 17 philanthropic foundations, with combined assets of nearly $2 billion (£1.2 billion), has pledged to divest from fossil fuels in an effort to...
An American university has decided not to drop the shares it owns in fossil fuels companies, despite 80% of its students saying they would support divestment....
The Church of England has announced it is unlikely to drop its fossil fuel investments, despite voices within the faith expressing concern about climate change. The...
Quakers, churches and charities have the chance to purchase 100% clean energy for their buildings through a new scheme launched on Thursday. The Renewable Energy Group...
Fund management business Alliance Trust Investments is set to change its policy to a more precautionary view on unconventional gas, which includes fracking, following concerns raised...
Sustainable investors could bring about radical changes to the way the financial community values fossil fuel assets, if enough become concerned about a potential bubble. According...
Carbon Tracker, which works to identify the financial risks behind high-carbon investments, is Blue & Green Tomorrow’s 2013 sustainable NGO of the year. Launched in 2011, the project’s...
US environmentalist Bill McKibben has argued that the Obama administration has continued to promote the extraction of polluting fossil fuels – the majority of which need...
“Mum, Dad, your pension is f***ing up my future.” That is the message of a new campaign, encouraging students to push their parents into asking their...
Christian charity Operation Noah has said described a stakeholder survey by the Church of England’s Ethical Investment Advisory Group (EIAG) on possible fossil fuels divestment as...
Divestment groups have asked a number of institutions in Britain to come clean about links with the fossil fuels industry and drop investment. Student campaign network...
Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first black president who fought for racial equality and to defeat apartheid, has died aged 95 in Johannesburg after a long illness,...
Professors from the University of California and Cornell University have called on academic institutions to listen to the students who were calling for the divestment of fossil...