London’s £14.8 billion Crossrail project is leading the construction industry in sustainability, its bosses have said. The rail line – the biggest construction project in Europe –...
The okapi, a close relative of the giraffe and the national symbol of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), is on the brink of extinction,...
The US is emitting 50% more methane – an extremely potent greenhouse gas – than its government estimates, according to a new study. The research, published...
Against a backdrop of urbanisation and increasing environmental and social threats, Miles Davey, co-founder and director of Lewis Davey, writes about the future evolution of our...
A new web-based tool has been launched by the University of Cambridge Natural Capital Leaders Platform that aims to encourage global businesses to consider their use of...
Sometimes, what’s needed when making a change in your life is a testimonial from someone else who’s already made similar changes. And when it comes to...
The New Zealand High Court has denied a new visa to Ioane Teitiota, the man from Kiribati who sought asylum in the country after saying that...
The Environment Agency has said that flooding cost the UK £600m in 2012, with floods occurring one in every five days. The figures say that the cost...
The risk posed to the global climate by escaping reserves of methane from under melting Arctic ice may be bigger than originally thought, according to a...
Anna Laycock, ethics manager at Ecology Building Society, reflects on recent media criticism of financial mutuals. Reading the headlines this weekend, you’d have been forgiven for...
A group of investors collectively worth €7.5 trillion (£6.26 trillion) has described the positive conclusion to the UN climate talks in Warsaw as an important step...
Threadneedle Investments and Big Issue Invest have pulled the curtain on the Threadneedle UK Social Bond fund – an investment vehicle available from January 2014 that...
The failure of UN negotiations in Warsaw to secure global carbon emission reductions, along with David Cameron’s recent comments – in which he allegedly told aides...
The comments come after a reversal of legal tactics by the oil giant, which was responsible for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, in its...
Towards 9 Billion is a vision for a sustainable and equitable future based upon some simple yet radical changes to the purpose and processes of modern...