Some of the world’s leading sustainability-minded financial institutions will be honoured by The Financial Times (FT) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) on June 13, when...
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) is a term used to describe the overarching areas that characterise a sustainable, responsible or ethical investment. Environmental and social issues...
First State Investments has unveiled its 2012 Annual Report, in which responsible investment is highlighted as “critical” in securing long-term success for the business. Launched in...
After the publication of R Edward Freeman’s Strategic management: a stakeholder approach in 1984, a divide was formed between those businesses that believed that long-term profits...
George Osborne is set to give his 2013 budget speech next Wednesday, March 20 – and now’s your chance to tell us what you want the...
The recent growth in popularity and size of impact investment shows that social and environmental challenges can be tackled using finance. Through impact investing, individuals decide...
Financial information firm Dow Jones and sustainable investment specialists RobecoSAM have developed a joint index that looks to measure the sustainability performance of companies from emerging...
Joe Keefe, president and CEO of US firm PAX World Management, has written a piece for the Huffington Post about the importance of sustainable investment in...
The UN-backed Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) has released a pair of reports that show the extent to which environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues are...
EIRIS is one of the responsible investment industry’s leading research providers. An independent not-for-profit, its aim is to provide investors with information on companies and advice...
The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) is a United Nations-backed initiative that seeks to engage investors on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. In 2005, UN...
Europe’s capacity to anticipate social and environmental disasters “appears to be limited” according to a comprehensive report by the European Environment Agency (EEA) last week. Raj Thamotheram offers...
Companies with good environmental, social and governance (ESG) records are more likely to strike deals with private equity firms, according to research released earlier this month....
Standish Mellon Asset Management, a leading fixed income investment house headquartered in Boston, US, has become the latest signatory of the UN-backed Principles for Responsible Investment...
A piece in The Guardian last week posed the question, “Where can investors who worry about climate change put their pension?” and claimed that many ethical funds...