Rodney Schwartz, formally the Head of Equities for Lehman Brothers and now CEO of ClearlySo, discusses his transition from the ‘dark side’. This article was originally...
Divesting from fossil fuel companies is not the most effective solution to climate change and reducing carbon risk, according to the Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP)....
A group of academics from around the world are urging all universities to join the fossil fuel divestment movement. Academics Stand Against Poverty (ASAP) argues that...
Periodically voters have the opportunity to nudge the tiller of their country in a different direction. 1910 saw the election of a government to pass a...
Action on climate change could create over 1 million jobs by 2030 across the EU, US and China, while preventing over 100,000 premature deaths each year,...
The United Reformed Church’s (URC) National Synod of Scotland has backed the fossil fuel divestment campaign and will now begin moving its investments out of polluting...
The common perception that investing sustainably means losing some financial return is not true, according to a study conducted by the Morgan Stanley Institute for Sustainable...
The Carbon Tracker Initiative has said the decline of the thermal coal market in the US should serve as a warming for investors with holdings in...
Lord Nicholas Stern has argued that government should not consider development and climate finance to developing countries as separate issues because they are interconnected in a...
Ahead of the General Election in May, a new report has been published calling on the next government to prioritise climate change and the environment, arguing...
Rich nations could pledge up to $2 trillion (£1.35tn) each year by mid-century to developing countries to help mitigate and adapt to climate change without exceeding...
London assembly members have voted in support of fossil fuel divestment, calling for London mayor Boris Johnson to divest the £4.8 billion London Pension Fund Authority’s...
The UN is calling on countries to increase investment in risk reduction strategies after it revealed in a report that the cost of disasters worldwide has...
Over 70% of individual investors describe themselves as being interested in considering sustainability factors when making investment decisions, according to a new report. The Morgan Stanley...
Long-term investors in the fossil fuel industry could face a “huge hit” in the future, the Bank of England has warned. The central bank noted that...