This week’s featured fund is the Alliance Trust Sustainable Future Managed fund. Peter Michaelis, head of sustainable and responsible investment (SRI) at Alliance Trust, tells us more. Tell...
A legal bid to put the controversial HS2 high-speed rail plans under further scrutiny in government has been rejected by the Supreme Court. Objectors to the...
Storebrand, a major Norwegian pension fund and insurance firm, is to divest from 11 palm oil companies following deforestation and sustainability concerns. According to Bloomberg, the...
Some 83% of British women want their personal values to be reflected in their investments, with the majority saying they would be unhappy if they knew...
Which group in society has done more harm to our economy, society and the environment over the last 30 years? Is it the poorest or the...
The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) has unveiled a new book that analyses the economic and military opportunities in the Arctic, as global warming brings...
Most UK households are now buying energy saving CFL lightbulbs in a bid to cut energy usage and save money, according to a European-wide survey. The...
The Swiss National Bank (SNB) is set to make its investments more ethical and begin screening out companies that commit human rights abuses, negatively impact the...
Outspoken Green MEP Jose Bové has said he is prepared to fight against energy giant Total on the issue of fracking in the UK, after successfully...
By investing in unethical companies, public sector pension schemes are letting down their employees, according to Friends of the Earth Scotland. Their comments follow an investigation...
It was a mild winter’s day as I stepped out of Bethnal Green tube to head to Oval Space and TEDxEastEnd. Volunteers with Red umbrellas and...
Investors should take a leaf out of the Crown Estate’s book, and begin talking about the optimisation – rather than the maximisation – of their assets....
British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood is calling on the European Union to make environmental destruction a crime and hold those responsible to account. Ecocide is defined...
Adopting a more ambitious EU greenhouse gas emission reduction target would sacrifice only a small fraction of economic activity, a new study has found. The EU’s...
People in Beijing have been told to stay indoors, as dangerous levels of air pollution are recorded in the city. Pollution levels were said to be...