Alex Blackburne explores the long-term financial benefits of active ownership. There was a time when investors at both an institutional and retail level would be almost...
Pension funds have been urged to “lead from the front” and hold companies to account. To mark the second annual Ownership Day, institutional investors are being...
A platform for world-changing ideas or a “recipe for civilisational disaster”? TED, the popular conference series that shares “ideas worth spreading”, divides opinion – but the...
Twenty-five years to the day since he first drafted his idea, the inventor of the world wide web has called for a bill of rights to...
The Norway sovereign wealth fund, the largest in the world with assets of $810 billion (£485 billion), recently excluded a mining company from its portfolio because...
In 2001, a new investment index caused controversy when it omitted some of the UK’s leading companies on ethical grounds. Tesco, Safeway and the Royal Bank...
Tunisia’s new constitution came into effect on Monday, with the country becoming only the third in the world to embed climate change within it. The progressive...
Green and Black’s produces chocolate products, using organic and Fairtrade ingredients, and has a strong focus on ethics. The company was set up as a small...
The 2014 Winter Olympic Games start in the Russian city of Sochi on Friday. They open amid controversy and questions around sustainability and human rights. In...
The Swiss National Bank (SNB) is set to make its investments more ethical and begin screening out companies that commit human rights abuses, negatively impact the...
In 2012, I asked my wife what she really wanted for Christmas. “Time” was her succinct answer. With two energetic boys under four, most parents will...
Campaign group Global Witness has accused financial services firm Credit Suisse of becoming the largest institutional shareholder in a company that has committed environmental and human...
The implementation of responsible investment (RI) policies is ‘stagnating’, according to European-wide research. Although more investors are using RI strategies they remain ‘skin-deep’, a report by...
A new study has found that three-quarters of Dutch investors are willing to give up a portion of their pension income if it means their investments...
Pope Francis met delegates from South America this month to discuss the oil and gas drilling plans proposed by corporations in the region. He announced he...