The Holy Grail in the quest to tackle climate change, within the confines of the existing economic paradigm, is to place a price on carbon. In...
With Christmas fast approaching, the nation’s attention has turned to our finances and the spending we’re about to undertake. Many Brits admit to spending more than...
World leaders must take urgent action to avoid a planetary emergency, Friends of the Earth warned today, as crucial UN climate talks begin in Paris. Friends...
Triodos Renewables has announced today the launch of its new Community Benefit Fund. The launch comes as the company continues to celebrate its 20th anniversary. Bristol-based renewable...
With the City of Bristol the 2015 European Green Capital and the Awards being hosted at Brunel’s Old Station, one of the oldest train stations in...
On Wednesday night, the south west’s green energy industry gathered at a glittering awards’ ceremony in Bath sponsored by British Solar Renewables to showcase and celebrate the...
Po-Zu, a London-based award-winning ethical and sustainable footwear brand, is launching a crowdfunding campaign to raise £150,000. Po-Zu is ranked as the UK’s number one Ethical...
On Monday in Paris, the world’s political leadership, diplomats and bureaucrats will gather, alongside corporations, non-governmental organisations, experts and campaigners. All of us must hope that...
Michael Fotis (pictured) writes: In the financial services space, the idea of ‘consumers as co-regulators’ is one that the FCA’s Consumer Panel has been advocating for...
A group of civil society organisations has written to MEPs calling on them to vote in favour of measures on Responsible Investment and transparency in the...
Legal liability risks from climate change for British, Australian, Canadian and South African company directors and pension fund trustees will be assessed under a new Commonwealth Climate...
Following the Government’s decision to reject the Law Commission’s recommendation that pension trustees should take account ESG issues, we spoke to Catherine Howarth, Chief Executive of ShareAction, about...
Commenting ahead of the opening of the UN climate talks in Paris on Monday, which will be attended by over 130 world leaders including David Cameron,...
Unilever has announced that it will stop using coal energy by 2020, and plans to use only renewable energy by 2030. Unilever’s announcement comes ahead of COP21. Unilever, along...
This excellent article in Why Green Economy is a summary of Dario Kenner’s (pictured) working paper, The inequality of overconsumption: The ecological footprint of the richest, published by the Global...