BankToTheFuture.com is a new initiative that lets people invest as little as £10 in private companies, and have more say over what happens to their savings and...
A survey has revealed that the public thinks companies should be legally required to report on corporate responsibility (CR) issues. The poll, conducted by CorporateRegister.com, found...
Chinese premier Li Keqiang has said that the country will begin allowing private capital to be invested in renewable energy and environmental protection as part of...
Directors of the top listed UK firms saw their paypackets increase by 14% in the past year, driven by share-based long-term incentives, according to a new...
Consumer group Which? is calling on financial firms to cut the costs of their calls, after research found that nearly three-quarters of customer complaint lines were...
US business magnate Warren Buffett’s holding company has taken a $3.7 billion (£2.3 billion) stake in oil giant Exxon Mobil. This follows the $2 billion (£1.2...
Come closer, I want to tell you a story. It is about a group of people who lived somewhere in the middle of an ocean, on...
Nine leading pharmaceutical companies are calling for a reform of NHS drug approval processes, saying that the current system does not attract sufficient investment and is...
A committee of MPs is set to question investment banks Goldman Sachs and UBS on November 20 over issues with the Royal Mail’s valuation and allegations...
Why are bee populations dwindling in the 21st century when the creatures have been around for 50 million years? Marla Spivak, University of Minnesota professor of...
Citi, Morgan Stanley and Bank of America have topped a new ranking of commercial banks on the extent to which they finance coal mining projects. The...
Nationwide Building Society has revealed a £270m jump in pre-tax profits for the first half of 2013, up from £103m reported a year earlier. An increase...
Italy’s second Sustainable and Responsible Investment (SRI) Week finished on Tuesday in Rome. The last event had its key moment at the end of the day,...
A new major report into ocean acidification has predicted that levels could become dangerously high in the future, threatening the livelihoods of those dependent on marine...
Unite, the UK’s biggest union, has launched a new credit union service in a bid to challenge payday lenders and other organisations that “[try] to make...