Paul Gaston, Head of UK Sales at Pictet, explains why, in today’s economic climate, there’s never been a better time to invest in water. The past...
Aviva Investors and Alliance Trust Investments today announced that they have entered into an investment-advisory agreement for Aviva Investors’ £1.2bn Sustainable and Responsible Investment (SRI) funds,...
Today it has been announced that Peter Michaelis, the Head of Sustainable and Responsible Investment (SRI) at Aviva Investors is to move with his whole team...
The UN conference on sustainable development “Rio + 20” marked the twentieth anniversary of the 1992 Earth Summit from which the first international convention to address...
Mark Hoskin, resident blogger at Blue & Green Investor, has been featured in an interview with New Model Adviser magazine. Mark Hoskin talks to New Model...
An informal consultation on a new set of sustainable development indicators (SDIs) has been launched this week by DEFRA, in an effort to develop a more...
The Guide to Sustainable Investment 2012 endeavours to take you on a journey of discovery—embarking at ethical origins, travelling through the green and growing fields of...
Thematic investing is about identifying global economic trends, driven by politics, culture, demographics or a combination of all three. The ‘core drivers’ behind most thematic investment...
The FTSE Environmental Technology Index (ET50) is made up of the 50 largest companies with a “pure play” approach to this area. This index performed well...
On 30th September a mock trial will take place at the Supreme Court over a case of a company inflicting ecological damage. This is to discuss...
An Environmental fund is a specific type of thematic fund. It is a fund which invests in companies operating in alternative energy, water purification, waste management,...
On the 19th September 2011 Jupiter Environmental Income fund will change its name to Jupiter Responsible Income fund and expand the universe of funds it invests...
On 2nd June Carson Block a 35 year old analyst from Muddy Waters Research released a report which claims that Sino-Forest are “aggressively committing fraud” on...
Traditional portfolio construction considers geo-political and economic risks. Incorporating climate change risk has proven difficult given the uncertainty regarding global and regional policy to reduce emissions....
With the rapidly shifting demographics in the emerging markets, and in particular China, a host of opportunities are coming to the fore within the sustainable investment...