Climate campaigners have urged the elite individuals attending the World Economic Forum in Davos to recognise “the reality of the carbon bubble” and commit to divestment...
Cuadrilla has dropped plans to frack at a site near Balcombe, West Sussex, after it found that the rocks were naturally fractured. The company said in...
An American university has decided not to drop the shares it owns in fossil fuels companies, despite 80% of its students saying they would support divestment....
A leading third sector pension fund is launching a review of its investment portfolio in order to understand where there might be “value at risk” –...
If China is to do its fair share to curb climate change, it must spend an additional 2 trillion yuan (£199 billion) on efforts to cut...
Campaign group 10:10 is calling on the government to match public enthusiasm for local renewable energy projects ahead of the publication of the Community Energy Strategy...
Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday afternoon, the president of the World Bank Jim Yong Kim urged financial leaders, from banks to...
Energy supplier SSE has said it expects its profits to rise by 8.8% this year, after increasing its customers’ energy prices by an average of 8.2%...
Business leaders attending the annual World Economic Forum in Davos are feeling more confident about the global economy, five years since the financial crisis. An annual...
The Islamic Bank of Britain (IBB), the UK’s only wholly Sharia compliant retail bank, has announced the launch of the UK’s first Islamic ISA. The account...
Impax Asset Management, a leading investor in the environmental space, has spoken out about the attractive investment opportunities presented by areas like renewable energy and water,...
Shell was wrongly awarded offshore oil leases in the Chukchi Sea near Alaska in 2008, a federal appeals court has ruled. The decision means that the...
The UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF) has urged the Law Commission to clarify fiduciary duty in order to promote long-term sustainable investment. The comments...
A section on fracking in the EU’s 2030 climate and energy framework has been criticised by campaigners, who claim it contains only recommendations about shale gas...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has upgraded the UK’s economic growth forecasts, despite leading economists claiming the growth wasn’t being reflected in workers’ wages. The IMF,...