RobecoSAM, an investment specialist with a focus on sustainability, has published its 2014 sustainability yearbook, signalling which companies are in a position to create long-term shareholder...
Whatever you call it – sustainable investment, responsible investment or ethical investment – the challenge for 2014 is not how to make niche funds mainstream, but...
“To hell with the planet, we’ve got to protect its people!” This isn’t the exact sentence that was recently said to me, but a similar perspective...
George Latham, managing partner of WHEB Asset Management, writes how Comic Relief could have avoided the recent criticism of its investment strategy with a more informed...
“Mum, Dad, your pension is f***ing up my future.” That is the message of a new campaign, encouraging students to push their parents into asking their...
In order to meet global food demand sustainably, a long-term holistic approach to farming is necessary, according to a new report from Dutch bank Rabobank. It...
Impax Asset Management, which specialises in both private equity and listed equities in resource efficiency and environmental markets, recently won Best Environmental Fund at the Investment...
Chris Redman, a wealth management professional with 27 years’ experience, has swapped London for Kent and launched his own firm specialising in ethical and socially responsible...
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...
First State Investments has unveiled a set of global stewardship principles that it says help put its clients’ interest first and boost its responsible investment credentials. The...
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 ethics council of the Government Pension Fund of Norway (GPF) – the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund – should integrate into Norges Bank Investment Management...
The government has issued a response to the Kay review, which urged longer term thinking in the investment world. Its feedback outlines plans to act on...
David Bent, director of sustainable business at Forum for the Future, describes the new frontier for leading companies. In my 10 years at Forum for the Future,...
Major pension funds and investors that already see the long-term financial risks associated with investing in high-carbon industries are “ahead of the curve”, according to pensions...