A new study has highlighted the health risks associated with climate change and argues that are numerous health benefits are possible though efforts to mitigate and...
A new interactive map highlights how the countries that are set to suffer the most as a result of climate change have contributed the least to...
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has unveiled a series of updates to its UK Corporate Governance Code, including explaining how executive pay packages align with the...
Wild species related to our crops and are crucial as a potential future food resource have been identified in a study. However, researchers from the University of Birmingham...
Renowned fund manager Neil Woodford, who left Invesco Perpetual to start Woodford Investment Management earlier this year, has revealed he has sold all of his stock...
As more institutional investors realise the potential risks around investing in fossil fuels, while the world moves towards a low carbon economy, research argues they face...
As investors begin to ask for more information around the risks of high-cost oil projects, the Carbon Tracker Initiative (CTI) has revealed that some of the...
Investment bank Citigroup predicts that the solar industry will continue to grow on a global scale and will become competitive with fossil fuels, because of “pure...
As awareness of solar investments and the risk profile they offer increase, finance in the sector is gradually “coming of age” and attracting institutional investors, according...
The economic case for divesting from coal is growing and investors need to understand the risks associated with fossil fuel assets, as the world attempts to...
The chairman of HSBC has criticised banking reforms, which aim to deter irresponsible behaviour within the sector, stating that there is a “growing danger of disproportionate...
A professor from Washington University, Seattle, has warned that climate engineering, or geoengineering, could have unknown consequences in decades to come and has said there needs...
Responsible investment charity ShareAction has launched its Manifesto for Responsible Investment, which calls for legal change to ensure that private pension providers are accountable and transparent...
Investment groups are responding to the increasing awareness of sustainability opportunities and risks by not only assessing businesses on environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors but...
A new US tool highlights how many companies are failing to report non-financial information and the huge amount of variation in quality in those that do....