A survey of the UK’s ten largest contract-based pension providers has found that the majority don’t accept responsibility when it comes to monitoring the sustainability of...
After a less-than-convincing year in 2010, investment in UK renewable energy leapt 35% in 2011, with a total of £5.9 billion pumped into the sector, according...
KfW, a government-owned bank from Germany, has reached an agreement with the UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) to provide advice and guidance on its business model...
Adopting good morals and ethics is financially beneficial to banks, according to a new report by the Global Alliance for Banking on Values (GABV), a coalition...
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said in a speech that the Government is still focused on green matters, and that sustainable development should be given a...
The solar ambitions of Japan, home of the Kyoto protocol, have stepped up a gear after Kyocera Corporation announced plans to build a 70 megawatt plant...
Scotland is now generating over a third of its electricity from renewable sources according to new figures published by the Department of Energy and Climate Change...
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...
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...
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...
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 purpose of planning is to help achieve sustainable development.” Thus, starts the Government’s revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) publishes yesterday. Simon Leadbetter takes a...
EIRIS, a company that has been doing sustainable and ethical research for nearly 30 years, has distilled all of its experience into a new sustainability rating...