Earlier this week, FT Adviser reported that IFAs ‘turn down’ ethical investments. Simon Leadbetter investigates whether the issue is investor demand, adviser expertise, funds available or a...
Last night, I sat down to watch a rerun of Friday’s Graham Norton Show on BBC iPlayer. It’s usually quite amusing viewing – and indeed, I wasn’t...
Companies that factor sustainability into their investments perform better on the stock market and offer investors less risk, according to “compelling” evidence found by DB Climate...
Delegates from some of the world’s biggest financial organisations assembled at the Landmark Hotel in London yesterday, for a well-versed conference about sustainable finance. The Financial...
Tonight marks the hugely anticipated FT/IFC Sustainable Finance Awards, where hundreds of representatives from across the world gather at the Landmark Hotel in London to recognise...
The Bank of America has unveiled a $50 billion (£32 billion), ten-year business strategy to finance environmental and sustainable projects in an attempt to help achieve...
Investment in renewable energy reached a record high globally last year, according to two reports, with $257 billion (£165 billion) pumped into the sector in 2011...
Investing is all about highlighting a growth opportunity and then seizing it. With this in mind, a new fund based in Asia is looking to capitalise...
A new report from Ecclesiastical Investment Management takes a nostalgic look at sustainable business strategies throughout its existence, and examines how approaches must evolve to match a...
The sustainable investment sector in the US has a market potential of $650 billion, with 69% of financial advisers seeing it as a growth opportunity for...
Most people are well aware of the crisis that continues to engulf the banking and financial systems, but how many know about what caused it? To...
Lisa Hardman, a financial adviser at Investing Ethically, spoke with Alex Blackburne about probing investors on that all-important question: “Is that really where you want to...
Clean energy has been singled out as arguably the biggest investment opportunity in recent years by Goldman Sachs, which has announced it will be pumping some...
Anti-smoking campaigners have rejected Hackney council’s defence of £10.5m pension fund investments in tobacco stocks. Last year, the council declared that its pension funds had a...
The decision by Henderson to close down its SRI team raised eyebrows throughout the sustainable investment world. Conversely, the news that the Henderson crew had combined...