The way a company communicates its sustainability practices positively affects its performance and reputation, according to a recent survey. People in the US are more likely...
Leading economists are failing to account for ecosystem services such as climate change, water scarcity and pollinator fall off, because of the inherent short-term nature of...
Margaret Thatcher, who died yesterday aged 87, was a deeply divisive leader, but she was certainly a leader. One area of that leadership was in climate...
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 parliamentary banking commission has criticised three ex-HBOS executives over their “colossal failure” amid the financial crisis of 2008, and called for the trio to be...
Sustainability engagement at universities and colleges has been given a boost, after the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) announced plans to invest £5m in...
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is being sued for £4 billion by a group of shareholders angry at the way the bank handled the 2008...
Green Party groups in London have decided to opt for more ethical and responsible banking options, after announcing their support for Move Your Money’s ‘switch and...
Ethical Consumer magazine and the Rainforest Foundation have collaborated to rank over 70 chocolate brands from the UK, based on their rainforest-friendly performance. Divine Chocolate and...
Sustainable investment specialists have rallied to defend ethical investing, after an article in The Telegraph yesterday questioned whether the strategy can be a profitable one. The...
Active ownership is one of the most crucial parts of investment and long-term wealth creation. And communicating that very fact is the reason we’ve published this...
The world’s 1.2 billion Catholics have a new leader, after Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio was elected Pope Francis I in an historic ceremony at the Vatican...
Investors, fund managers and parliamentarians gathered at the House of Commons yesterday to celebrate the UK’s first Ownership Day – an event to promote active ownership...
Research by ethical bank Triodos suggests 16.5 million Britons have negative or indifferent feelings for their bank. According to Triodos, which is one Europe’s leading sustainable...
Forty-seven per cent of Britons who have savings or investments managed by an intermediary want to see greater transparency when it comes to shareholder voting. The...