The University of Cambridge’s Programme for Sustainability Leadership (CPSL) is on the lookout for someone to lead its work on long-term investment. The Investment Leaders Group...
Norwegian pension fund and insurance firm Storebrand has announced it will be further reducing its exposure to the fossil fuel industry in a bid to ensure...
Nesta, a charity that gives innovative ideas a platform, has announced its first social investments, totalling over £2m. The organisation has also predicted that social investment...
The UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF) has urged the Law Commission to clarify fiduciary duty in order to promote long-term sustainable investment. The comments...
This week’s featured fund is the Alliance Trust Sustainable Future Managed fund. Peter Michaelis, head of sustainable and responsible investment (SRI) at Alliance Trust, tells us more. Tell...
Turnaround Challenge: Business & the City of the Future, by Michael Blowfield and Leo Johnson, outlines the steps required towards a more sustainable economy and prosperous society. Now’s your...
This time last year, Barclays chief executive Antony Jenkins made a bold statement to the bank’s 140,000 employees across the world. Unveiling a set of five...
The first social bond fund, which will invest in charitable and social projects, is set to launch in January. It has been reported that investors could...
Companies value sustainability issues but are failing to fully integrate solutions into their business plans, a new report has found. Many are also struggling to connect...
George Latham, managing partner of WHEB Asset Management, writes how Comic Relief could have avoided the recent criticism of its investment strategy with a more informed...
What if investors could help tackle pressing social challenges while getting rewarded financially? They can, says Toby Eccles in this week’s featured TED talk, through potentially...
Ethical investment is a “legitimate, profitable and practical option” for charities that want to make money in sectors that don’t conflict with their core missions, according...
The implementation of responsible investment (RI) policies is ‘stagnating’, according to European-wide research. Although more investors are using RI strategies they remain ‘skin-deep’, a report by...
Britain’s first “social supermarket” opened its doors on Monday hoping to tackle food poverty, just days after a food poverty charity announced it has helped more...
Wilmar, the world’s biggest palm oil company, has launched a new ‘No Deforestation, No Peat, No Exploitation’ policy in order to improve its sustainability credentials. The...