Investment in Britain’s road infrastructure will need to increase “substantially” over the next decade to keep up with the expected growth in traffic, MPs have warned....
UN secretary-general Ban Ki-Moon has called on everyone, from business leaders and politicians to investors and citizens, to work together to tackle climate change. He argues...
At a recent sustainable investment event, I inadvertently launched into unscripted criticism of the tobacco industry. This led one delegate to accuse me of dictating “how...
Ten social entrepreneurs have been announced as winners of the Big Energy Idea, an initiative set up by the Ignite social investment fund to address key...
Sustainable September is a month-long exploration of sustainability in all its forms. The month will bring together interested parties, enlightened investors and consumers, professional service firms,...
John Fleetwood of the Cochabamba Project writes about how a sustainable investment opportunity in Bolivia is having tangible positive impacts on the local people. “We just...
Harvey McGrath, chairman of the Big Society Capital, has described social investment as a genuine “alternative and sustainable” way to fund work that benefits communities and...
The time has come for us to refocus on investing in its essential, connected form, writes Katherine Collins – to reintegrate investing with the real world,...
Blue & Green Daily finds and summarises the top sustainability stories around the web every morning. We start with our own picks from Blue & Green...
The Fossil Free Indexes has released The Carbon Underground, a ranking of the world’s most polluting companies based on the potential climate impact of their reserves....
The growth of the impact investment market will continue this year, according to a new survey that found 125 of the world’s largest participants expect to...
British drug company AstraZeneca has rejected a second takeover bid from US firm Pfizer, saying that the new offer still “substantially undervalued” the company. Pfizer offered...
The government has announced a new social impact bond that it hopes will lead to innovative solutions to tackling unemployment among young people. The £30 million...
The UK environment secretary has defended controversial plans to allow private sector organisations to invest in the government’s Food and Environment Research Agency (Fera). Earlier this...
The US-based firm Pax World Management has announced that it has fully divested one of its funds from fossil fuel companies, meaning it now has two...