Peter Holbrook, Chief Executive of Social Enterprise UK,the national body for social enterprises, has responed to the publication of the government’s Corporate Governance Reform Green Paper on...
Morningstar have today released their Sustainability Atlas, providing a global geographical overview of how companies manage both impactful and material environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues....
Hermes Investment Management has published its latest Responsible Property Investment (RPI) report From climate risks to positive impacts: Time for action. The report calls on the...
ShareAction has revealed that European policymakers have reached an agreement over the Institutions for Occupational Retirement Provision (IORP) Directive. ShareAction, a responsible investment charity, is thrilled...
BNP Paribas Investment Partners (BNPP IP) has announced it will be implementing a new strategy called “Responsible Dividend”. Responsible Dividend will focus on the increasingly important...
FTSE Russell has made changes to its FTSE4Good Index Series after a semi-annual review. The global index provider has made its inclusion criteria tougher, but whilst...
Damien Lardoux, Portfolio Manager at EQ Investors, has commented on the recent introduction of a new rating system at Morningstar, a leading fund ratings company. In...
Some of the leading credit ratings agencies are joining a new project which evaluates the environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors more systematically. One hundred investors,...
WWF Switzerland and ShareAction have distributed worrying research about Swiss pension funds. The survey published this week focuses on how pension funds in Switzerland use sustainability...
To loud applause and a standing ovation, the world’s political leadership has adopted the 29 Article, 31-page Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate...
Trucost and TruValue Labs have today announced a partnership to provide investors with enhanced, real-time environmental, social and governance (ESG) data. The natural alignment between Trucost,...
So said Tony Hancock (who would have turned 90 today) in 1959′s 12 Angry Men, a brilliant spoof of Henry Fonda’s 1957 film of the same name....
The common perception that investing sustainably means losing some financial return is not true, according to a study conducted by the Morgan Stanley Institute for Sustainable...
Over 70% of individual investors describe themselves as being interested in considering sustainability factors when making investment decisions, according to a new report. The Morgan Stanley...
Between 2013 and 2014 the global sustainable investment market grew by 61%, according to a new report. Last year the market saw $21.4 trillion (£13.8tn) in...