While public awareness towards the issue of tax havens and their potential negative implications has significantly increased over the past years, it still seems the political...
Chris Farrell, managing director of Zenex Energy, describes how the business sentiments of US entrepreneur Victor Kiam could help improve the UK’s energy policy. You may...
The news that Triodos bank has launched two new ethical funds to the UK market should come as good news, but consumers need to be wary...
For the first time ever, more people live in the world’s cities than in rural regions, and most population growth is occurring in urban areas. This...
Move Your Money is certainly a campaign of its time. Mobilised by an abundance of banking scandals, more than 500,000 people have switched from the big...
The Board of Impax Asian Environmental Markets plc has bowed to pressure from activist shareholders to close down the investment trust. By returning money to shareholders...
It was war against Scotland and France in the 1540s that pushed Henry VIII to embark on his great experiment with inflation. By reducing the amount...
Socially responsible investment (SRI) allows people to align their personal beliefs regarding environmental, social and ethical concerns with their financial objectives. And through positive results and changing...
This time last week, we brought you Robert Gordon’s TED talk about the death of innovation. Giving an opposing viewpoint seven days later is Erik Brynjolfsson,...
One of the founding principles of capitalism is that humans are not motivated by benevolence but self-interest. It is personal gain that motivates our actions and...
Charmaine Coutinho, business development manager at Good Energy, gives her insight on an exciting new development with one of the UK’s leading conservation organisations. Spring finally...
People across the England and Wales will vote in local council elections today. On the back of a recent poll that showed over a third of...
Sixty-one years ago today, aviation was revolutionised when the BOAC Comet took off from London to make its first ever journey. Its inspiring design led to...
We do not involve ourselves in party politics, as a rule, apart from reporting on environmental and energy policies. On this occasion, we have taken a...
Ben Goldsmith, partner at sustainable investment group WHEB, outlines three reasons why global fossil fuel subsidies will not last a generation. Fossil fuel subsidies are a...