Simon Howard, chief executive of the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF), reflects on the last 12 months in the sustainable investment industry. This article...
The government has revealed details of the social investment tax relief, which aims to encourage investors to consider the social impact of their investments as well...
An alliance of over 100 organisations, including major businesses, investors, charities and trade associations, has urged the UK government to listen to the recommendations of the...
On Tuesday night, BBC Panorama is set to accuse Comic Relief of investing in the tobacco, alcohol and arms industries. Hiding behind the laws of fiduciary...
Let us start by saying a simple thank you. Thank you to everyone and anyone who has read Blue & Green Tomorrow in 2013. In November...
Let us start by saying a simple thank you. Thank you to everyone and anyone who has read Blue & Green Tomorrow in 2013. In November alone, that...
The sustainable investment industry has called on George Osborne’s autumn statement to show an awareness of long-term megatrends such as climate change and resource scarcity while...
Comic Relief has said it has “nothing to hide”, after the BBC confirmed it would be screening a controversial Panorama investigation into charity investment policies. The...
British shareholder groups, along with foreign investors, are to set up the Investor Forum in an effort to improve corporate governance and encourage businesses to focus...
Global carbon emissions are set to reach record high levels in 2013, according to new analysis by climate scientists. The sustainable investment industry has said the...
The government has issued a response to the Kay review, which urged longer term thinking in the investment world. Its feedback outlines plans to act on...
In 2008, financial adviser Filip Slipaczek made the headlines. Ethical investment, he said, “is no longer within the domain of the lentil-chewing sandal-wearing lefties of the 1960s....
Big investment houses are often criticised for being the epicentre of unsustainable financial practices. This perspective ignores the efforts that several organisations are making to develop...
The inclusion of a 2030 decarbonisation target for the energy sector in the energy bill has been defeated in the House of Lords. The target has...
At the start of National Ethical Investment Week, the sustainable investment industry was left reeling from the shock revelation that some funds would actually be banned (from...