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...
The governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney recently unveiled new plans to get banks lending to businesses again. But is turning to the same...
A week on Sunday, the world marks five years since the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the spark for the worst global downturn since the Great Depression....
The Co-operative Group announced on Thursday that it had made pre-tax losses of £559m in the first six months of 2013, amid troubles within its banking...
The answer to the headline of this piece is, at the moment, no. But it’s the wrong question. The current investment risk is systemic. Sustainability means...
With 632 days until the next general election, parties are hiring US and Australian election strategists while looking at the message they will take to a...
The Bank of England has unveiled its new inflation strategy, with governor Mark Carney saying that the Bank will not raise interest rates until unemployment has...
Most commentators seem to agree that a return to ‘back to basics’ banking is needed if we are to avoid the kind of speculative bubbles that...
UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon used a speech welcoming the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) to the Sustainable Stock Exchanges initiative to talk about sustainable investment. The full...
A third of global investment into clean energy took place in Europe in 2012, according to Dutch bank Rabobank. But the shockwaves of the financial crisis...
Leading financial services firm UBS has released a report that outlines its commitment to sustainable investment – which it says “has entered the mainstream”. The report uses...
Bruce Davis talks to Blue & Green Tomorrow about Abundance Generation – a democratic renewable energy funding platform that allows investment of as little as £5....
In Prosperity Without Growth Tim Jackson argues that the capitalist model has failed and the increasing level of consumerism is unsustainable. Growth promotion has led to...
Clare Brook of WHEB Asset Management ponders whether our efforts to prevent the worst impacts of climate change are too late. This piece originally featured in...
Twenty-two years ago today, after the Bank of England’s Operation Sandstorm inquiry uncovered “widespread fraud and manipulation”, the Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) was...