Dutch pension fund PFZW has decided to exclude tobacco from its portfolio, after its attempts to pressure the industry to address social and environmental concerns failed. The investor announced that...
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...
The National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) has launched a guide to responsible investment, which encourage its members to take factors other than financial returns into...
Pension schemes need to realign their focus onto long-term and responsible investment, according to the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF). Its calls come after...
Councils across the UK are investing millions into the tobacco industry through pension funds, while simultaneously working on public health issues by asking smokers to quit....
The South African Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF) will look at responsible investment in property, after signing up to a sustainable real estate organisation. GEPF, the...
EIRIS is one of the responsible investment industry’s leading research providers. An independent not-for-profit, its aim is to provide investors with information on companies and advice...
Lancashire county council’s pension fund has invested £12m in the UK’s first community-owned solar development in South Oxfordshire. Westmill, which is also believed to be the...
The majority of Australians want their investments and savings to reflect their personal values, according to a survey by fund manager Australian Ethical. Some 62.5% of...
Vancouver city council looks set to sign a responsible investment commitment, after voting unanimously to uphold the city’s core values through the companies it invests in....
Julie King is an ethical investor. After setting up a private pension, she began looking for ways her money would be able to make a positive...
A report by responsible investment campaigners FairPensions has highlighted that despite a government consultation on excessive executive pay, 72% of institutional investors opposed plans for a...
A responsible investment campaign group has called for James Murdoch, son of media mogul Rupert, to step down from his position on BSkyB’s board, saying he...
Trustees of pension and superannuation funds around the world are failing to mitigate the physical and regulatory impacts of climate change, according to a new report...
Labour leader Ed Miliband has threatened to break up big banks and cap pension charges at his party’s annual conference, but it’s his stance on imposing...