David Harvey examines how capitalism has shaped western society over the last three years and whether it is time for a change in The Enigma of...
Investment house Alliance Trust invests in non-fossil fuels, but makes an exception for natural gas, which it describes as a “beneficial transition fuel”. It adds that...
The government has given formal notice to the stock exchange that it plans to privatise the Royal Mail within weeks. The Business Secretary Vince Cable has...
Fifty of the 500 largest companies (Global 500) emit three quarters of the 3.6 billion metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions caused by the industry, a...
16 armed forces charities will share £2.5 million from a fund created from penalties taken from banks after the manipulation of the Libor inter-bank lending rate,...
One of the UK’s leading sustainable investment fund managers is hosting a series of financial adviser workshops across the UK, in an effort to dispel some...
Business secretary Vince Cable has warned the government not to “rest on [its] laurels” over the recovering economy. The comments are expected in a speech on Wednesday at...
Canadian author Naomi Klein has accused big green groups of wrongly aligning with corporations and promoting insufficient measures that have led to poor results, in a...
Peter Ainsworth looks back on his time working in the investment world with fond nostalgia. But even in 1992 – when he left the industry to...
The Bank of England has confirmed it will hold a public consultation on the possibility of plastic banknotes. A statement, released on Tuesday, said that the...
Economists have warned that China has a choice between a short-term growth economy and one that grows sustainably. Commentators will be watching closely as government officials, academics and multi-national business leaders from...
James Cameron takes a look at the investment portfolios of pensions and urges real alternatives to high-carbon yields. This summer, the archbishop of Canterbury got into...
A joint risk briefing by membership organisation Sedex and labour standards NGO Verité claims that fire safety risks are “persistent” across industry sectors and geographies –...
The Green New Deal group has launched a national plan to scrap the UK’s ‘broken’ financial system and austerity policies, and take the country to the...
The expected economic benefits of HS2 are decreasing as the costs relating to the proposed high speed rail line continue to spiral, according to a group...