Welcome to Blue & Green Tomorrow’s Guide to Fair Trade 2013. Dutch free speech organisation Loesje once questioned whether it would “not be more logical to label unfair products”. But for...
A group of investors has proposed that in order to be listed on global stock exchanges, companies must tackle environmental and social issues in their annual...
An online tool that enables businesses to better chart their sustainability journey and swiftly progress along it has entered its pilot stage. Responsible 100 is the product...
A new set of guidelines have been launched in order to help investment firms boost the incorporation of human rights into a company’s business goals. Written...
March 22 is World Water Day, an annual event that supports global sustainable water management and raises awareness of the planet’s ever-increasing dependence on clean water....
Forty-seven per cent of Britons who have savings or investments managed by an intermediary want to see greater transparency when it comes to shareholder voting. The...
Irina Bokova, director-general of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), has called for a celebration of women’s rights and achievements as part of...
Foreign office minister Hugo Swire yesterday sat down with campaigners to discuss the UK’s role in supporting Burma through responsible investment. Swire met activists from Burma...
Citizens from 48% of countries across the world are at serious risk of human rights violations, meaning global businesses ought to be wary about where they’re...
Ecclesiastical’s recent Amnity Insight report “Human Rights: Human Wrongs” examines human rights as an emerging corporate risk and what businesses should do to address this. In...
There are plenty of independent financial advisers (IFAs) across the country who give advice on ethical investment. Our job is to tell you about them. For...
Ethical investment is becoming the chosen vehicle for many investors who demand more than just financial growth from their money, writes James Howard of Emerald Knight....
Nearly 10,000 people have signed an online petition to urge a Canadian magazine to include an ethical investment ranking in its annual university guide, in the...
In the UK, 2012 has been an interesting year for ethical investment. Big scandals have hit big banks, consumer protests and investor revolts on tax avoidance...
After global climate negotiations in Doha wrapped up at the weekend, Steve Trent, executive director of the Environmental Justice Foundation (EFJ), writes about how climate change...