Sir Philip Green, CEO of Arcadia Group, which owns Topshop, Burton and BHS, is yet to sign an agreement to secure safe working conditions for workers...
The government needs to go further and act faster in its support of economist John Kay’s recommendations on how to make the financial services industry more...
The release of large amounts of methane from thawing permafrost in the Arctic could cost the global economy trillions, scientists have claimed. It has so far...
The archbishop of Canterbury has waged an economic war on payday lenders, with his weapon of choice being church-backed credit unions. In an interview with Total...
UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon used a speech welcoming the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) to the Sustainable Stock Exchanges initiative to talk about sustainable investment. The full...
Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general, has used a speech at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Wall Street to encourage the investment industry to opt...
Five of the big six energy companies have dealt a blow to domestic carbon reduction efforts in the UK, by pulling the plug on their renewable...
Philanthropists need to be more daring and less afraid of failure, according to a leading economist. In a lecture at Al Bateen Palace in Abu Dhabi,...
An interactive website has been launched by environmental campaigners, detailing the differences between an energy system dominated by clean, renewable energy and one powered by high-polluting...
Forty-two per cent of bank customers are likely to switch providers when measures to make it simpler to switch are introduced in September, according to new...
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has been fined £5.6m by the banking regulator, after incorrectly reporting more than 44m transactions made with other banks and...
A third of global investment into clean energy took place in Europe in 2012, according to Dutch bank Rabobank. But the shockwaves of the financial crisis...
A group of online retailers have reacted angrily to proposals to introduce an online sales tax, arguing it would “kill off” entrepreneurial spirit and disadvantage promising...
Despite advances in renewable energy, the global demand for oil will continue to grow in the coming decades, according to Ali Obaid Al-Yabhouni, UAE governor for...
A US oil trader has been slapped with a £3m fine by officials in the US and the UK, after manipulating the financial markets using high...