Ethical retailer John Lewis has won the top gong at the Verdict Customer Satisfaction Awards for the high quality of both products and services it offers...
In 2001, a new investment index caused controversy when it omitted some of the UK’s leading companies on ethical grounds. Tesco, Safeway and the Royal Bank...
The CEO of the Royal Mail has reaffirmed that the company’s commitment to its corporate sustainability agenda, following its recent floatation on the London Stock Exchange,...
Multi-utility supplier Telecom Plus plc is on the verge of buying two energy supply units from RWE Npower, in order to make its tariffs more competitive...
A new FTSE Index has been launched in an effort to make it easier for investors to identify and put their money into companies that have...
Pension funds need to go further in avoiding the financial risks posed by climate change which directly affect their savers and investors, according to a major...
Reports have suggested that the government will set an upper level for Royal Mail shares, meaning the more substantial investors could potentially be left empty-handed. It’s...
Peter Ainsworth looks back on his time working in the investment world with fond nostalgia. But even in 1992 – when he left the industry to...
Financial markets are now largely controlled by computer technology. But how does computer powered investment affect the sustainability of the industry? Last week, the BBC’s Robert...
David Cameron unveiled a Social Stock Exchange at the Social Impact Investment Conference on Thursday, in order to help push social investment in the UK. The...
Recent debacles in banking from various insurance mis-selling scandals (payment protection and interest rate swaps), on-going IT failures (Natwest) and Libor fixing (Barclays, the first of...