Individuals who have made important contributions to the sustainability sector, the environment and to communities have been recognised in the Queen’s birthday honours list. The Cabinet...
Some of global finance’s most innovative organisations were honoured for their work in sustainability on Thursday evening, as the Financial Times (FT) and the International Finance...
While his siblings Boris, Rachel and Jo actively sought out and seemingly enjoy the political and media limelight, Leo Johnson is content working in sustainability. He...
International development secretary Justine Greening and Goldman Sachs chairman Jim O’Neill have both been confirmed as keynote speakers at the FT/IFC Sustainable Finance Conference and Awards...
In the last 12 months, the mainstream banks have become embroiled in yet more scandals, crises and irresponsibility. In an extract from a recent talk, Ecology...
WHEB Asset Management has come on leaps and bounds since bringing in the Henderson team in May 2012. A year on, Alex Blackburne sat down with managing...
Blending social investment, public funding and social enterprise, social impact bonds are a groundbreaking way of raising private funds to finance essential public services. Public contracts...
The UK’s sustainable investment industry has a new face among its leaders. Alex Blackburne spoke with Simon Howard, who on Tuesday began work as chief executive...
“Any other business?” asked Ecology Building Society chair Malcolm Lynch, obligatorily, at the end of the organisation’s annual general meeting (AGM) in Leeds last month. A...
Move Your Money is certainly a campaign of its time. Mobilised by an abundance of banking scandals, more than 500,000 people have switched from the big...
After attracting a record number of entries, the Financial Times (FT) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) have unveiled the shortlist for the 2013 Sustainable Finance...
The recent financial crisis laid bare the problems of our current capitalist economy, which is increasingly dominated by financial interests. Investments in the real economy are...
The UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF) has unveiled Simon Howard as its new chief executive, replacing Penny Shepherd. Howard, who has held senior roles...
Tim Reynolds is an ethical investor. His prime motivation for investing in this way is his keen interest in the environment and his desire to encourage...
Some of the world’s leading sustainability-minded financial institutions will be honoured by The Financial Times (FT) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) on June 13, when...