Sustainable investment funds from WHEB, F&C and Jupiter have been described as “best buys” in a new ranking from Ethical Consumer magazine. Nineteen funds are scored...
The son of US business magnate, investor and philanthropist Warren Buffett has pledged nearly $24m (£14m) for measures to tackle poaching in South Africa, which is...
The wealth gap in Britain is continuing to widen and is not only having an impact on people’s quality of life but also the economy, two...
The last remaining ‘stable’ corner of the Greenland ice sheet is stable no more, with a potentially devastating impact on global sea levels, scientists have found....
Chair of the HS2 high speed rail line Sir David Higgins has said that the second phase of the project should be finished three years ahead...
The renewables and nuclear industries have urged the chancellor George Osborne not to freeze a tax on fossil fuels ahead of his annual budget statement on...
The chancellor George Osborne has confirmed plans for a new 15,000 home ‘garden city’ in Ebbsfleet, Kent, in an attempt to help solve Britain’s housing crisis....
Paris has introduced a system to cut the number of cars on its roads, in an effort to reduce pollution levels which have been extremely high...
The UK lags behind many other countries when it comes to economic literacy, according to new research. The Social Economy Alliance said the gap must be...
Investors worldwide are expecting to invest more money over 2014 with almost half doing so for pension and retirement savings. However, the majority are failing to...
The European Union should support self-regulatory initiatives on transparency and highlight the benefits of responsible investment, the European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) has said....
Organised campaigns that spread inaccurate information about climate change science should be considered as being criminally negligent and showing a “willful disregard for human life”, an...
A company that claimed to be selling biofuel technologies while promising an 800% return on investment has been shut down by the High Court. After an...
New research has revealed that animals tend to avoid high voltage power lines because of ultraviolet (UV) flashes that humans cannot see. Scientists had already noted...
Lord Myners, financial services secretary in Gordon Brown’s government, has said the Co-operative Group must take “urgent steps” in order to generate “sustainable economic value” in...