Vatican City has been upgraded to a rating of EE for ethics from its previous EE minus, following the country’s moves to fight money laundering and...
Thirty-two years ago today, US national debt passed $1 trillion for the first time. Today it stands at $17 trillion and the increase shows no sign of...
The world’s largest sovereign wealth fund, the Government Pension Fund of Norway (GPF), could begin investing in renewable energy. The country’s newly-formed minority conservative government, which...
The head of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has warned that there will be no bailout for climate change threats. Ángel Gurría criticised...
New research suggests that energy has overtaken transport as the biggest concern for businesses with regards to infrastructure. Historically, the UK has underinvested in its infrastructure. Research...
Unions and pressure groups have called for greater ethical responsibility from the Government Pension Fund of Norway, the world’s largest sovereign wealth investor. The $760 billion...
Russia has entered the top five of the world’s biggest economies, with its $3.4 trillion GDP leaving fellow European nations behind, according to the World Bank....
Despite advances in renewable energy, the global demand for oil will continue to grow in the coming decades, according to Ali Obaid Al-Yabhouni, UAE governor for...
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has pulled its entire investment in mining firm Excellon Resources Inc, which has been previously involved in clashes with...
Standard Ethics, an independent sustainability rating agency based in London, has launched an index to measure the corporate social responsibility (CSR) of Italian banks. The Standard...
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has criticised Norway’s $740 billion (£491 billion) oil fund for lacking a strategy to deal with violations of...
Transport can guarantee long-term economic and environmental benefits if policymakers and the private sector address sustainability issues through investment, new research has said. According to the...
Ben Goldsmith, partner at sustainable investment group WHEB, outlines three reasons why global fossil fuel subsidies will not last a generation. Fossil fuel subsidies are a...
We have previously explored what socially responsible investment (SRI) and environmental, social and governance (ESG) are. But how do investors know if a company is behaving responsibly?...
Last week’s energy bill announcement led to media headlines about increased household bills from subsidising renewables. What the media fails to mention is the scandalous subsidy...