John Ditchfield, a managing partner at independent financial advisers (IFA) Barchester Green, has been elected to the board of directors of the UK Sustainable Investment and...
Sustainable investment has been highlighted as the “only solution” to the ever-growing demand for food, in a report by global investment boutique, Sustainable Asset Management (SAM)....
A survey by the UN-backed Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) has highlighted climate change, executive pay and labour standards in the supply chain as three of...
“The system of nature, of which man is a part, tends to be self-balancing, self-adjusting, self-cleansing. Not so with technology” – E. F. Schumacher, 1973. On...
Sarasin & Partners has researched and written this paper as one of a series which considers the investment implications of environmental, social and governance issues. This...
It’s Friday, and so the weekend is almost upon us. But we’ve just got time to round-up all the features and in-depth items that have appeared...
Aiming for high returns as an ethical investor is irrelevant and distracting, writes Edinburgh-based financial adviser, Julian Parrott. There’s rarely a day goes by when I don’t...
A freedom of information (FOI) request lodged by The Huffington Post has revealed that some of the UK’s top universities received at least £83m in funding...
You may have seen our recent series about the UN-backed Principles of Responsible Investment (PRI). If you didn’t, you now have a chance to browse through...
UNPRI is a set of six aspirational and voluntary principles, which we have explored over the last nine days. As more and more asset owners and...
The sixth principle states that signatories will “each report on our activities and progress towards implementing the Principles.” While principle three dealt with disclosure concerning companies...
The fifth principle states that signatories will “work together to enhance our effectiveness in implementing the Principles.” In any emerging trend, it is often beneficial that...
The fourth principle states that signatories will “promote acceptance and implementation of the Principles within the investment industry.” At time of publishing the following UK asset...
The third principle states that signatories will “seek appropriate disclosure on ESG issues by the entities in which we invest.” “Sunlight (as well as being an...
The second principle states that signatories will “be active owners and incorporate ESG issues into our ownership policies and practices.” In the beginning, owner-managers ran their...