A new US tool highlights how many companies are failing to report non-financial information and the huge amount of variation in quality in those that do....
The British Medical Association (BMA) has become the first body of its kind to divest from the fossil fuel firms responsible for worsening climate change –...
A new index covering the US equity markets and excluding fossil fuel investments has been launched in an effort to support the growing global divestment movement....
The UK and Chinese governments have agreed to co-operate to tackle the issues around climate change and energy security, further signalling that UN climate talks next...
US president Barack Obama has acknowledged the warnings of climate scientists and financial analysts that the majority of known fossil fuel reserves must never be used...
When China’s rapidly transitioning energy sector is considered, investments in thermal coal assets are “high risk”, according to a new report from the Carbon Tracker Initiative...
US companies are becoming more receptive to the environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns of shareholders, according to a new survey of socially responsible investing (SRI)...
In a letter to shareholders, oil giant Shell has said that it does not believe any of its proven fossil fuel reserves will become ‘stranded’ as...
Investment professionals in the US are recognising the growing risk around investing in the fossil fuel industry, with three-quarters saying such risk is increasing. The fossil...
The FTSE Group and BlackRock have announced the launch of a new index series that will exclude companies linked to the exploration, ownership or extraction of...
Fifty institutional investors from the Interfaith Centre on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) have written to the Bank of America, urging it to disclose its climate risks and...
Religious groups have called on Pope Francis to give his support to the fossil fuel divestment campaign, which calls on investors to ditch their holdings in...
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) latest report has implications for us all. But given it warns of the unsustainability of our approach to energy...
The UN’s climate chief has urged the oil and gas industry to clean up its act and lead the transition to a low-carbon future, or risk...
By the end of the decade, private investment in the green and sustainable economy will almost double, reaching $10 trillion (£6 trillion), according to new research....