The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has tabled tougher regulation for the increasingly popular crowdfunding industry. Crowdfunding allows individuals to lend to small businesses or buy shares...
Six months ago, over 1,000 people died when a garment factory in Bangladesh collapsed. Many western brands, whose apparel was manufactured in the factory, were subsequently...
Peter Marks, former chief executive of the Co-operative Group, has told the Treasury select committee that the Co-op Bank can no longer be dubbed as ‘ethical’...
Energy efficiency service providers are missing an important opportunity, by failing to develop products that target homeowners considering renovations to improve the amenity features of their...
British universities have strong connections to the fossil fuels industry, with the equivalent of £2,083 invested for each UK student in the sector, according to a...
Gary Horvitz, an activist working on 350.org’s divestment campaign in the US, looks at why Harvard University is so seemingly reluctant to ditch its investments in...
The archbishop of Canterbury has called on energy firms to assess their “social obligations” amid political battles over energy price hikes. Justin Welby sympathised with consumers...
Consumer complaints reported by financial services firms fell by 500,000 between the second half of 2012 and the first half of 2013, according to the Financial...
A charter aimed at tightening up regulation for payday lenders has been launched by a Labour MP. Paul Blomfield, MP for Sheffield, has launched the Charter...
Raj Thamotheram and Tim MacDonald dig into the impact sustainable and responsible investment (SRI) has had so far. They argue the industry could be the foundation from...
George, a fictional but typical investor, proves that values and returns can go hand in hand, after making a 30% return in three years. George’s portfolio...
National Ethical Investment Week (NEIW) 2013 kicked off on Sunday, and a wide range of national newspapers and media outlets have already written about some of...
National Ethical Investment Week (NEIW) begins today, and we’re publishing daily interviews, conducted by Greenhouse PR, with a different ethical investment pioneer each day until Friday. Following UKSIF...
National Ethical Investment Week (NEIW) starts on Sunday, and we’re publishing daily interviews, conducted by Greenhouse PR, with a different ethical investment pioneer each day. Simon Howard, UK...
It has been the vogue in the financial press to focus on the concept that investing can be neatly divided between the ethical and the unethical....