ShareAction, the responsible investment organisation, have welcomed today’s announcement of the FRC’s Stewardship Code tiering exercise. “We welcome this valuable exercise by the FRC,” said ShareAction...
First State Investments (First State) has published a report cementing its promise to tackle climate risk by implementing strategies to its business. Their 2016 report highlights...
Asset managers are failing to “walk the talk” on stewardship and responsible investment, according to responsible investment charity ShareAction, after a report revealed that just 42%...
The Co-operative Group has confirmed the sale of its farms business for £249 million to the Wellcome Trust. Concerns have previously been raised about the ethics...
The archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has said how ethical investment “changes the future”, at an event marking the 30th anniversary of the UK’s first ethical...
Insurance and pension provider Friends Life, which manages funds worth around £100 billion, has reaffirmed its commitment to responsible investment. In the firm’s corporate responsibility report,...
Investor interest in responsible investment and the incorporation of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into investment choices increased in 2013, according to AXA Investment Management...
Transparency is a key component of stewardship, according to a survey conducted by First State Investments. Some 37% of respondents said a high degree of transparency...
First State’s Will Oulton speaks to Alex Blackburne about stewardship, engagement and being in the sustainable investment community’s favourite band. Will Oulton doesn’t like to talk...
First State Investments has unveiled a set of global stewardship principles that it says help put its clients’ interest first and boost its responsible investment credentials. The...
The Church of England declares war on payday lenders and then it’s uncovered it’s one of their investors. It’s a perfect story. And it draws back...
The UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF) launched a new initiative, Ownership Day, with a parliamentary reception on Tuesday. Here, George Latham, managing parter at...
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...
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...
A report by responsible investment campaigners FairPensions has ranked 20 of the largest ethical investment houses into a responsibility ranking. Ethical fund providers were scored on...