The polar vortex, which has brought severe disruption and record low temperatures to the US in recent weeks, has gone on to warm areas of Scandinavia,...
Fees charged by payday lenders for customers who default on payments are “unlawful”, according to Which? – the consumer group that is calling on firms to...
Julian Parrott, a partner at Edinburgh-based financial advisory firm Ethical Futures, gives advice to clients on sustainable, responsible and ethical investment. He talks to Blue &...
The government has come under fire over claims that it is “bribing” local authorities across the UK, by allowing them to keep 100% of business rates...
French fossil fuel giant Total is to become the first major oil company to invest in the UK’s shale gas industry, it announced on Monday. The...
Blue & Green Daily finds and summarises the top sustainability stories from around the web every morning. We start with our picks from Blue & Green Tomorrow over...
As three-quarters of the world’s largest carnivores are declining because of habitat loss and human intolerance, scientists warn that they play a crucial ecological role. A...
The rising trend of online shopping could harm the environment as more lorries take to the road to meet increased demand, the Institution of Engineering and...
All this week on BBC Radio 4, the economist Jim O’Neill, who coined the term BRICS to refer collectively to Brazil, Russia, India, China and South...
Industrial black carbon has caused the melting of European glaciers and led to the end of the so-called Little Ice Age around 150 years ago, a...
The Environment Agency has put nineteen flood warnings in place across the south west of England, with floods expected to cause further disruptions. The Environment Agency...
Emperor penguins are being forced to climb up walls of ice 100 feet high to reach new breeding grounds, because warming temperatures are changing their Antarctic...
McDonald’s has set itself a target of only buying “verified sustainable beef” from 2016, though some commentators have questioned the authenticity of such claims. In a...
All this week on BBC Radio 4, the economist Jim O’Neill looked at the new set of emerging economies. He’s calling them MINT: Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria...
The CEO of the Royal Mail has reaffirmed that the company’s commitment to its corporate sustainability agenda, following its recent floatation on the London Stock Exchange,...