News

Recycled 18-foot bee sculpture to stand among festivalgoers at Glastonbury

As well as playing host to the Arctic Monkeys, the Rolling Stones and countless other internationally-renowned performers, Glastonbury 2013 will...

Arctic ice melt forces Russian scientists to abandon research station

Rapid ice melt in the Arctic has forced a Russian crew to evacuate their research station, according to the country’s...

EU ban on bee-harmful pesticides to begin in December

The European commission has confirmed that an EU-wide ban on three neonicotinoid pesticides, that research shows are harmful to bees,...

HSBC could be prosecuted after judge threatens to scrap money laundering deal

A judge is considering rejecting a deal that would open HSBC up to criminal prosecution in court, prison for executives,...

Investing in energy efficiency delivers a ‘potent one-two punch’

Improved policies are essential in unlocking multi-billion dollar investment opportunities in the US energy efficiency sector, according to a new...

UK pension funds to look at social impact investment

Five local government pension funds are considering investments that can provide both financial returns and positive impacts for society and...

Business rife with short-termism; just 7% feel pressure to deliver long-term returns

The majority of businesses around the globe are inherently focused on short-term profit, with 79% of senior executives saying they...

Features

TED talks: averting the climate crisis – Al Gore

On this day in 2006, one of the environmental movement's most seminal documentary films - An Inconvenient Truth - premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. This week's featured TED talk...

Does Griff Rhys Jones have a point about renewable energy?

Many of us who were around at the time were big fans of Alas Smith & Jones (1984-1998). Alas, Griff Rhys Jones has recently become embroiled in a row over...

A sustainable versus unsustainable recovery

This week, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) called for more effort by the UK government to stimulate a strong and sustainable recovery. Simon Leadbetter lays out what would define a sustainable...

On this day in 2006: Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth premieres at Sundance Film Festival

Seven years ago today, former US vice-president Al Gore’s documentary film about global warming – An Inconvenient Truth – premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Since then, it has become one...

Reports

The Guide to Limitless Clean Energy 2013

There’s a quote by Thomas Edison, inventor of the lightbulb, the motion picture camera and many other things, about renewable energy. Speaking in 1931, he said, “We are like tenant farmers...

The Guide to Corporate Social Responsibility 2013

Welcome to Blue & Green Tomorrow's Guide to Corporate Social Responsibility 2013. In these pages, we outline why CSR, responsible business, sustainability – whatever you wish to call it – cannot...

The Guide to Ethical Funds 2013

Welcome to Blue & Green Tomorrow’s Guide to Ethical Funds 2013. With help from YourEthicalMoney.org (an EIRIS Foundation initiative), we’ve given you details on a wide selection of regulated investment funds...