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Harvard University president Lawrence Bacow has announced that the institution will divest from its fossil fuel holdings. The announcement came Tuesday, stating that the institution has already been cutting its investments...

Loophole means asset manager can hold shares in firms earning less than a quarter of revenues from coal

National Employment Savings Trust to shun firms involved in coal, tar sands or arctic drilling

BlackRock CEO says climate crisis will now dictate investments but environmentalists remain wary

CEO reveals step change at world’s largest fund manager and predicts fast reshaping of global finance

MPs want mandatory climate reporting within three years to avoid risk to investments

Energise Africa offers a 5% return and allows you to help support low-income families

Investors ought to tell the directors: move aside and get some independent faces in the boardroom

We need to think hard about the kind of future our money is going to support through our investments, writes Mary Stevens of Friends of the Earth. Plus a letter from Margaret SquiresYour article on why women need to start...

Scheme launched by ethical investment platform Abundance offers 12% interest

Archbishop of Canterbury plays crucial role in BMO Global Asset Management’s decision to dump £20m of shares in firms such as BHP Billiton

Green schemes have their risks, but can hopefully generate bank-beating returns of 9% a year – and a couple of them have illustrious connections

As Community Energy Fortnight beings, investors can check out the renewable schemes offering returns of up to 13%Richard Body is an energy pioneer. The IT consultant is a director of the Torrs Hydro scheme in New Mills, Derbyshire,...

Instead of playing it safe with Isas and deposit accounts, three intrepid investors gambled on something weird and wonderful

Bank will continue to cut its exposure to troubled coal sector and increase lending to renewables, but remains one of world’s biggest backers of coal mining