Comments made about the alleged poor performance of sustainable investment funds by a leading asset manager have been described as “ill-informed and naive” by the industry’s...
On Saturday and Sunday respectively, we ran through Blue & Green Tomorrow’s top 10 most popular news articles and features of 2013 so far. This time,...
We recently reported on the strong relative performance of ethical funds. We contacted a well-paid head of investment research, who succinctly harrumphed, “Not over the long-term.” True, many investors...
Italian socially responsible fund manager Etica SGR has seen its client base grow 25% since the beginning of 2013, as well as a net profit boost...
Big Issue founder John Bird has described ethical investment as “the biggest of fights” and encouraged people “become savvy” to bring about real financial change. In...
The fact that ethical investment funds are not perfect does not mean we should not support and invest in them. Better-than-the-rest is a step in the...
Seb Beloe of WHEB Asset Management argues that the Church of England should focus its energy on the growth markets of the future, over its current...
The Telegraph’s Questor column leapt onto the Wonga bandwagon on Friday, boldly and unsubstantiatedly declaring, “There is no such thing as an ethical investment.” There is certainly such...
François Passant, executive director of the European Sustainable Investment Forum – or Eurosif – speaks to Blue & Green Tomorrow about how sustainable investment is thriving across the...
British drug company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has come under fire over allegations of bribery in China. But investors still trust the company, which remains a popular choice...
It is almost five years since the collapse of Lehman Brothers, but only now are we seeing the first stirrings of something that was almost universally...
As chief executive of the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF), Penny Shepherd became known as one of the industry’s foremost authorities in the sector....
Three leading ethical and sustainable investment funds have been honoured in financial magazine Money Observer’s Fund Awards 2013. The F&C Stewardship Fund won best socially responsible...
Last week we wrote about the dark triad within unethical, unsustainable and irresponsible investment: a fusion of narcissism, Machiavellianism and psychopathy. However, for every yin, there is...
The National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) has launched a guide to responsible investment, which encourage its members to take factors other than financial returns into...