Waltham Forest became the first local government pension fund last night to dedicate themselves to divest from all fossil fuels. A recommendation unanimously approved at the...
WWF Switzerland and ShareAction have distributed worrying research about Swiss pension funds. The survey published this week focuses on how pension funds in Switzerland use sustainability...
An alarming number of UK investors are unaware of which industries their investments are financing, and could potentially be invested in activities they are morally or...
Data released today shows UK local authorities have invested £14 billion of their pension funds into fossil fuels. This is the first time that the £231 billion investments of all...
Global Coalition Announces Major Commitments as World Leaders Gather at UN; Thousands of new commitments represent a 50-fold increase in one year. The movement to divest from...
Axa has announced its intention to triple its investments in green technologies and to divest funds from coal investments, citing concerns over climate change as one...
Edinburgh City Council is hosting an event tonight focused on socially responsible investment (SRI) named ‘Responsible Investment – Lessons from Denmark’ to support ethical investment among...
Some 1,000 of the world’s largest asset owners have been asked to disclose how they are managing their exposure to climate change risks, as part of...
The National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) has urged eight companies to talk to their shareholders and resolve disputes over executive’s pay. In its second Annual...
A proper appreciation of risk is required to bring about sustainable development, Prince Charles has said, as he called on businesses to disclose natural disaster risks...
Private sector investment in developing countries will be critical to achieving the UN’s sustainable development goals (SDG), which currently face an annual $2.5 trillion (£1.3 trillion)...
Local authorities across Britain have moved to deny any “conflict of interest” after it was revealed some of the councils that will decide the fate of...
Paying employees a decent wage is the right way forward for responsible business, according to Guy Stallard, head of facilities at tax auditing firm KPMG. Stallard...
Alex Blackburne explores the long-term financial benefits of active ownership. There was a time when investors at both an institutional and retail level would be almost...
The chairman of the UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) has said the government-owned bank should eventually be owned by the private sector. Speaking at the National...