In 2001, a new investment index caused controversy when it omitted some of the UK’s leading companies on ethical grounds. Tesco, Safeway and the Royal Bank...
Electric car manufacturer Tesla Motors is planning to build a giant battery cell factory, which it has labelled a ‘gigafactory’, as sales and revenue continue to...
Former Irish president Mary Robinson has said the fossil fuel divestment campaign is a “shining example” of what must be done in the fight against climate...
The Treasury is currently in discussions around extending the ISA regime – potentially providing savers and investors with more flexibility, transparency and control over their finances....
Floored is a 2009 documentary that looks at the people and businesses in the Chicago trading floors and the impact the shift to electronic trading has...
A leading US investment analyst has downgraded his rating of Apple, Amazon and tobacco firm Philip Morris on moral and ethical grounds. Ronnie Moas of StandPoint...
Global venture capital investment in clean technology (cleantech) totalled $6.8 billion (£4.1 billion) in 2013, with energy efficiency, transportation and solar the most profitable sectors, according...
Impax Asset Management, which specialises in both private equity and listed equities in resource efficiency and environmental markets, recently won Best Environmental Fund at the Investment...
As eastern China suffered record high levels of air pollution, Chinese fossil fuel shares slid whilst environmental protection stocks received a boost. Authorities in Shanghai ordered...
An asset class is a group of investments that have similar characteristics and are subject to similar laws and regulations. The three main asset classes are...
Amidst The Co-operative Bank’s financial problems and the scandals and political mudslinging of recent weeks, it’s easy to forget how much of a pioneer the bank...
Italy’s second Sustainable and Responsible Investment (SRI) Week finished on Tuesday in Rome. The last event had its key moment at the end of the day,...
The number of companies in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) has fallen when compared to the previous year. DJSI World 2013/14 will have 333 components,...
Online investing platform Kapitall has identified three environmentally-friendly stocks that are outperforming the current market. Methode Electronics Inc, Cognex Corporation, and Modine Manufacturing Company were all...
The ethical footprint of the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund is “severely limited” according to a major new review of its investment strategy. The Government Pension...