The first social bond fund, which will invest in charitable and social projects, is set to launch in January. It has been reported that investors could...
Campaign group Global Witness has accused financial services firm Credit Suisse of becoming the largest institutional shareholder in a company that has committed environmental and human...
ShareAction, a campaign group for responsible investment, has launched a protest against the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), urging the group to increase its green investment allocation....
Investors are focusing on their short-term financial plans and challenges rather than considering the long-term impacts, according to a survey from asset management firm BlackRock. Thinking...
HSBC has labelled Tesco’s profit margins as “unsustainable”, with competition from discount food retailers continuing to increase as they gain market share. The bank changed Tesco...
The Green Investment Bank (GIB) has joined more than 75 financial institutions in adopting the Equator Principles. Signatories commit to applying consistently high standards across their...
The solar photovoltaics (PV) industry is increasingly evolving from an investor’s market to an energy savings market, according to the PV Parity Project. PV is a...
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...
The public health risks that derive from exposure to emissions from shale gas extraction are low if operations are run properly and regulated, according to a...
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has confirmed that David Cameron’s review into green levies will alter investor incentives for renewable energy. Increasing energy...
A survey of CEOs has found that whilst business leaders are committed to reorienting their companies to be more sustainable, they feel constrained by current market...
A set of questions released for National Ethical Investment Week (NEIW) can help investors make informed decisions about where to invest their money. Oikocredit’s checklist aims...
It has been the vogue in the financial press to focus on the concept that investing can be neatly divided between the ethical and the unethical....
These are loans offered by retail investors to trading companies in return for interest on their money, in effect replacing the role the banks once took....
The Telegraph’s Questor column leapt onto the Wonga bandwagon on Friday, boldly and unsubstantiatedly declaring, “There is no such thing as an ethical investment.” There is certainly such...