Almost 70 Oxford alumni have symbolically handed back their degrees to criticise the university’s weak policy on fossil fuels investment – which excludes only direct investment...
Some parts of the country are hitting 45C, leaving many people in the most isolated areas dead by heatstroke and extreme dehydration. Authorities say the heatwave...
With head of retail banking at Lloyds Alison Brittain becoming chief executive of Costa Coffee and Whitbread, the UK is on track to meet the 25%...
Today is the last chance to have your say on Britain’s most ethical companies and individuals for 2015 and win prizes. The Observer Ethical Awards wants...
Citizens in Ireland, where homosexuality was illegal until 1993, approved gay marriage with over 61% of yes votes. The country’s equality minister, Aodhan O’Riordain said he...
London charity Platform is launching the first cooperative and fossil free pension scheme in the UK, focused on sustainable society and renewable energy. The scheme, called...
According to a new survey, 90% of those switching to a career in environmental or sustainability sectors is ‘very satisfied’ with the choice , but there...
Japanese authorities have proposed dolphin farms instead of the annual slaughter of wild animals taking place every year in Taiji but animal welfare groups said the...
Plans to introduce standardised cigarette packaging could result in multi-billion pound demands by tobacco companies as they prepare to launch a legal bid in the High...
Nationwide building society has reported pre-tax profit rises of 54% to £1.04bn, up on £677m profits last year, describing the results as the “strongest ever”. The...
An equivalent of the UK’s annual domestic water supply is being lost in ice melting in the Antarctic Peninsula according to new satellite research led by...
Travel operator Thomas Cook has issued a ‘sincere and heartfelt’ apology over the deaths of two children at the Greek holiday resort of Corfu. The firm’s...
Oxford University has announced it will maintain its position of not having direct investment in high-risk oil sands and coal. It has also committed to investments...
Thousands of gallons of oil have flown into the ocean and on the beach near Santa Barbara on Tuesday, after a pipeline rupture. Environmentalists and citizens...
None of the protected areas in the Atlantic, Baltic and Mediterranean waters have been found in good conditions, according to the European Environment Agency (EEA). The...