Threadneedle Investments and Big Issue Invest have pulled the curtain on the Threadneedle UK Social Bond fund – an investment vehicle available from January 2014 that...
Aberdeen Asset Management has signed a deal with Lloyds Banking Group to buy Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) that will see its ethical and responsible assets...
Global carbon emissions are set to reach record high levels in 2013, according to new analysis by climate scientists. The sustainable investment industry has said the...
Higher education institutions that don’t divest from fossil fuel companies because it’s the right thing to do should divest from “stranded assets” because it makes financial...
Several private investors explain their motivations for investing in Wedmore Community Power Co-operative, a vibrant rural community now directly served by its own green power plant. I...
As the first French woman who managed a trade union, as the chairwoman and founder of the CSR Rating Agency Vigeo, Nicole Notat has played a...
Big investment houses are often criticised for being the epicentre of unsustainable financial practices. This perspective ignores the efforts that several organisations are making to develop...
On Thursday last week, I had probably my most positive and interesting meeting with a fund manager, when I met Charlie Thomas of Jupiter Ecology fund,...
The health risks of smoking are well-documented in the western world. It is a potentially deadly habit, dangerous not just to smokers but the people around...
The AXA Group has committed its member insurance companies to considering environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria by signing up to the UN-backed Principles for Responsible...
Another year, another week. The sixth National Ethical Investment Week (NEIW) has been and gone. With a series of well-attended events, acres of press coverage and...
A sneering phrase has entered into the lexicon of National Ethical Investment Week (NEIW). First coined by the Investors Chronicle in 2012, it was this weekend...
Ecclesiastical Investment Management (EIM) has been named Best Ethical Investment Provider at the Investment Life and Pensions Moneyfacts Awards 2013. The London-based socially responsible investment firm...
Richard Essex, a financial adviser at Grayside Ltd, is the author of a new book on sustainable and responsible investment (SRI) called Invest, Feel Good, And...
We are into the penultimate day of National Ethical Investment Week (NEIW) 2013, and today’s ethical investment pioneer is Mark Hoskin of Holden & Partners. He follows UKSIF...