Six Danish pension funds have decided to leave the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) initiative because of concerns over the governance of the organisation....
“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...
A decade after taking the reins of what is now the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment, James Gifford announced in August his intention to step...
David Powell, economics campaigner at Friends of the Earth, on asking investors awkward questions about the urgency of climate change, in an effort to start doing things...
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...
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...
Prince Charles has criticised the pensions industry for focusing on what he called ‘quarterly capitalism’ rather than sustainability, and for failing to tackle long-term challenges such...
It’s National Ethical Investment Week (NEIW) – a great initiative to raise awareness about green and ethical investment among the financial community and public at large....
The amount of money invested in the UK’s green and ethical retail funds is at an all-time high of £12.2 billion, according to data released from...
UK council pension funds are to seek legal advice on whether investing in tobacco companies clashes with their new responsibilities to promote public health. The Local...
James Cameron takes a look at the investment portfolios of pensions and urges real alternatives to high-carbon yields. This summer, the archbishop of Canterbury got into...
Over a third of investors who have recently bought services from an independent financial adviser (IFA) say they will “never” consider paying for investment advice in...
We’re all too familiar about the power of money to generate ever greater inequality. But Niall Cooper asks whether we can turn the power of money on...
It is almost five years since the collapse of Lehman Brothers, but only now are we seeing the first stirrings of something that was almost universally...
As chief executive of the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF), Penny Shepherd became known as one of the industry’s foremost authorities in the sector....