A decade after taking the reins of what is now the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment, James Gifford announced in August his intention to step...
Sean Conway became the first person to swim the length of the UK west coast, starting in Land’s End and finishing at John O’Groats, in a bid...
The devastation in the Philippines reminds us of our responsibility to stop profiting from the wreckage caused by companies whose business plan includes destroying the planet,...
UK consumers and investors continue to use and value the independent financial advice (IFA) sector for financial help and guidance, a survey has found. IFAs were...
People who put their savings into pension funds should have more say about the way in which their money is invested, as they currently have no...
Anthony Hobley, global head of sustainability and climate change at legal firm Norton Rose Fulbright, and founder of Green & Tonic, a London-based network for sustainability professionals,...
The Co-operative Group has scrapped its pre-Christmas dividend payout for 7 million members, following troubles with its banking arm. Instead, Co-operative members will be offered in...
Market capitalisation, sometimes called market cap, is calculated by taking the number of outstanding shares of stock multiplied by the current price-per-share. The market capitalisation can...
The big six energy companies face losing investment after bosses were grilled over recent price hikes, according to fund managers. In the last month, four of...
Higher education institutions that don’t divest from fossil fuel companies because it’s the right thing to do should divest from “stranded assets” because it makes financial...
Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has warned that a consensus on green issues among the main political parties is at risk of “falling away”, in a...
The UK’s population will increase by 9.6 million over the next 25 years, according to predictions from the Office of National Statistics. If the estimates are...
Figures from the RBS SE100 Index show that social enterprise is gathering pace in the UK, with some areas experiencing huge growth. A total £11.3 billion...
Today, we stand on the shoulders of enlightenment thinkers who argued for reason over blind faith and ancient tradition. They argued for the scientific method and...
The idea of government intervention to influence the composition of a country’s output has long been derided by economists for breeding inefficiency, reducing competition, encouraging lobbying...