The Impact Investing Policy Collaborative (IIPC) has launched the London Principles – a statement of intent that looks to give purpose and direction to the industry....
Leading multinational energy firms Chevron and ExxonMobil are lagging well behind competitors when it comes to addressing sustainability issues, according to a new study, which says...
London and parts of the south of England have been warned about serious rising temperatures by the Met Office, as the British heatwave continues. Some southern...
The government has promised to provide investors in UK energy infrastructure with further certainty, after publishing a draft set of plans to reform the electricity market....
Crowdfunding is the collective effort of individuals who gather around a cause, and contribute their money to make it happen. It offers everyone, from entrepreneurs and...
Sir John Stanley, chairman of the House of Commons committee on arms exports control, has raised concerns over licences that were granted by the government in...
Almost 160,000 complaints were referred to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) from consumers between April and June – the majority of which were about mis-sold payment...
Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has demanded answers over Lynton Crosby’s contact with the ministers who made the decision to shelve plans for standardised cigarette packaging....
A Russian delegation supported by Ukraine has contested the creation of two large sanctuaries in Antarctica on legal grounds, saying that the Commission for the Conservation...
Some 2,436 City bankers received annual wages in excess of £870,000 in 2011, according to the European Banking Authority (EBA), as the row over excessive pay...
A majority of EU member states have backed proposals to restrict the use of a fourth insecticide that scientists have found is harmful to honeybees. Experts...
British drug company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has come under fire over allegations of bribery in China. But investors still trust the company, which remains a popular choice...
Energy firm Npower has said that predictions made by the government that prices will rise by £166 a year without intervention are underestimated. The initial statement...
UK and Irish authorities have failed to prosecute those responsible for “organised fraud in the meat supply chain” in the wake of the horsemeat scandal, MPs...
A project by the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) which surveyed 2,400 people has found that consumers aremore than willing to accept changes to the way...