The Government has launched a £600m Big Society Capital bank to “help society expand” by supporting social enterprise projects. But, as is all too often the...
UKSIF and its global counterparts will collaborate on the first ever ‘Trends’ report to highlight the need for a global sustainable investment strategy. The decision to...
In a study of UK renewable electricity suppliers by The Ethical Company Organisation, Good Energy has been awarded the top spot for a remarkable eighth consecutive...
April 2–4, the Carbon Trust ran an exhibition that celebrated “companies that are pioneering and shaping the future of carbon footprinting”, and included some innovative and...
The Government has upped its bid to become world leaders in carbon capture and storage (CCS) with the launch of a new £1 billion competition that...
Consumer goods manufacturer Unilever has been named as the top corporate sustainability leader by experts for the second year running. The ranking, which was co-conducted by...
Adam Workman, partner at CT Investment Partners, spoke to Alex Blackburne about the North West Fund for Energy and Environmental – an innovative vehicle that targets...
A Friends of the Earth report has highlighted the lack of action taken by the Government in the past year to decrease the environmental impact of...
Yesterday’s story about fossil fuel companies abandoning current practices in favour of renewable energy might have been our tongue-in-cheek contribution to April Fools’ Day (or Fossil...
RWE and E.ON have pulled out of a joint nuclear power venture on “strategic grounds” that would have seen them install six gigawatts (GW) of reactors...
Oil, gas and coal companies across the UK have scrapped all existing exploration projects, saying that they’ve come to the “unified realisation” that their respective industries are significantly...
The threat of a fuel strike looms. The Government advised us to fill up our tanks. But it may just be time for the UK to...
The WWF and German investment and financing development company, DEG, have developed a Water Risk Filter – a simple online tool that allows businesses and investors...
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released a report that blames an increase in extreme weather on global warming, and urges governments to make...
Michael Hintze, a billionaire hedge fund owner, is purported to be a financier of Lord Lawson’s Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF), a think-tank that questions climate...