Charity behaviour and investment transparency can positively influence potential and current donors, according to research by microfinance provider Oikocredit. Its study found that 48% of people...
Ahead of the publication of our Guide to Ethical Financial Advisers, Alex Blackburne speaks to Graham Walton, a specialist ethical financial adviser at Sheffield-based PHFS Wealth Management,...
With the deadline for 2012/13 ISAs only a day away, Blue & Green Tomorrow is on hand with some last minute information into the ethical options....
Over 1,900 companies from 44 countries are being encouraged by a coalition of institutional investors worth $3.3 trillion to join the UN Global Compact as part...
The majority of British citizens think that addressing climate change while also promoting economic growth should be the government’s priority, according to a poll by Carbon...
Sustainable investment specialists have rallied to defend ethical investing, after an article in The Telegraph yesterday questioned whether the strategy can be a profitable one. The...
Some of the world’s leading sustainability-minded financial institutions will be honoured by The Financial Times (FT) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) on June 13, when...
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) is a term used to describe the overarching areas that characterise a sustainable, responsible or ethical investment. Environmental and social issues...
Climate change and extreme weather conditions pose huge risks to investors, so mitigation strategies are necessary to avoid future losses, according to a report by a...
With guides coming out from stalwarts of unsustainable investment, FT Adviser and New Model Adviser (part of Citywire), we have to ask if sustainable investment is gaining...
In the book Pale Blue Dot*, Carl Sagan, the astronomer and author, described Earth as “a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam“. Earth is vulnerable...
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...
Sustainable investment house Impax Asset Management has said that investors should be looking at how to tackle future water-related challenges, as part of World Water Day...
Greed, selfishness, recklessness, inequality and isolation seem to be the hallmarks of our modern world. Yet philanthropy, charitable giving, volunteering and social enterprise are stable or growing. Doing...
First State Investments has unveiled its 2012 Annual Report, in which responsible investment is highlighted as “critical” in securing long-term success for the business. Launched in...