The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has confirmed that David Cameron’s review into green levies will alter investor incentives for renewable energy. Increasing energy...
Qatar’s $100 billion sovereign wealth fund is reportedly considering impact investment – a strategy that balances social or environmental objectives with financial returns. The investment arm...
A report from Greenpeace suggests that pulp and paper firm APP is moving towards sustainability within its supply chain. In February this year, APP launched its...
New research has shown that global investment in climate change totalled $359 billion in 2012, roughly the same as the previous year. The figure falls far...
Peter Marks, former chief executive of the Co-operative Group, has told the Treasury select committee that the Co-op Bank can no longer be dubbed as ‘ethical’...
Another year, another week. The sixth National Ethical Investment Week (NEIW) has been and gone. With a series of well-attended events, acres of press coverage and...
The Co-operative Group may no longer keep a majority stake when the Co-op Bank floats on the stock market, with two hedge funds reportedly poised to...
Since the first ethical investment fund launched in 1985, screening out so-called ‘sin stocks’ such as tobacco, arms, alcohol and pornography, sustainable and responsible investment (SRI)...
A survey of CEOs has found that whilst business leaders are committed to reorienting their companies to be more sustainable, they feel constrained by current market...
George, a fictional but typical investor, proves that values and returns can go hand in hand, after making a 30% return in three years. George’s portfolio...
A group of investors connected with churches across Britain and Ireland has claimed success in its efforts to convince businesses to improve their environmental performance. The...
Almost 17 million investors potentially hold assets that would not meet their personal ethical preferences, new research from the ethical bank Triodos shows. The data, which...
Environmental issues remain the key driver for investors who want to invest their money ethically or sustainably, according to an ongoing survey by Blue & Green...
Banking does not have to be evil. It is absurd that we even have to say those seven words, but the last five years of scandals...
Banking does not have to be evil. It is absurd that we even have to say those seven words, but the last five years of scandals...