CEOs across the US pocketed increased wages and bonuses again in 2012, and for the first time two earned more than $1 billion in a single...
No members of the cabinet question the need to act on dangerous climate change, according to energy minister Greg Barker, who also stressed that the UK...
Peter Marks, former chief executive of the Co-operative Group, has told the Treasury select committee that the Co-op Bank can no longer be dubbed as ‘ethical’...
MPs are set to quiz energy company bosses on their decisions to increase consumer prices by as much as 10.4%. Chair of the energy and climate...
The health risks of smoking are well-documented in the western world. It is a potentially deadly habit, dangerous not just to smokers but the people around...
In a rare move, former prime minister Sir John Major has intervened in political affairs, calling for the government to introduce a “one off windfall tax”...
Outgoing chairman of the controversial HS2 rail link Douglas Oakervee has said that the country’s entire transport system needs to be rebuilt and that Britain has...
One of the first laws against air pollution came in 1300 when King Edward I decreed the death penalty for burning of coal. At least one...
The National Trust is seeking assurance about the badger cull. The organisation said it was uniquely placed on this issue, with a strong interest in both...
Energy efficiency service providers are missing an important opportunity, by failing to develop products that target homeowners considering renovations to improve the amenity features of their...
Carbon dioxide emissions related to energy consumption in the US fell to the lowest point for nearly two decades in 2012, according to a new report....
Two separate studies have found that the controversial process of fracking may cause less direct environmental damage than its critics have suggested, but might not have...
The European Network of Scientists for Social and Environmental Responsibility (ENSSER) has issued a statement saying there is no consensus on the safety of genetically modified...
The Australian state of New South Wales declared a state of emergency on Sunday after bushfires destroyed hundreds of houses in the Blue Mountains, west of...
The AXA Group has committed its member insurance companies to considering environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria by signing up to the UN-backed Principles for Responsible...