The shortlist for the New Energy & Cleantech Awards 2014 has been announced, recognising some of the most influential and exciting players in the future of...
The introduction of more smoke-free legislation could bring substantial reductions in premature births and hospital attendance for asthma, a study has found. Researchers say that they...
Tea producers in India, where one-third of the world’s tea is grown, are suffering because of changes in temperature and rainfall caused by climate change, experts...
The Welsh county Monmouthshire has launched an initiative to plant wild flowers and create more grassy areas to increase pollination and the number of bees. The...
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is reportedly planning an inquiry into 30 million policies sold by insurance firms. The review is set to include pensions, endowments,...
French oil firm Total is exploring the possibility of collaborating with private company Lukoil in Russia in unconventional oil extraction, despite the US and EU’s sanctions...
Developers of new energy technologies must work more effectively to earn public support, in an effort to increase both the speed and the scale of market...
The government’s latest energy statistics reveal that the production of renewable electricity in the UK increased by 3.5 percentage points in 2013, with renewables now accounting...
The Church Investors Group (CIG) has said it supports investor engagement in order to improve practices and operations within companies. The comments follow Ownership Day, which...
Scotland-based Standard Life has bought Ignis Asset Management for £390 million. It was announced earlier this week that talks were occurring between the two firms. The...
The Prince of Wales has called for more affordable and better quality housing in London as he predicated the current pace of rising property prices in...
Rising temperatures and more frequent extreme weather are affecting two of Japan’s most popular icons, cherry trees and ancient beech forests, campaigners have claimed. The WWF...
Nine out of ten of the world’s wealthy are using digital tools to inform their wealth management transactions, according to the findings of a new survey. ...
A new initiative has been launched to lobby for the integrating of environmental and social disclosure requirements into listing rules for companies on US and global...
As human activities make the oceans more acidic many marine species are increasingly being put at risk, including populations of fish that people around the world...