The Dallas Safari Club in the US has auctioned a licence to kill an African black rhino in Namibia – a move that conservationists have labelled...
The work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith has urged borrowers and savers to consider credit unions, citing their competitive rates and ethical benefits. The MP...
Buying food from local sources will help retailers and consumers avoid scandals akin to the horsemeat contamination of British food products in 2013, the chair of...
European commissioners remain split on how far the European Union’s renewable energy goals for 2030 should go. Some sources have speculated that a binding renewables agreement...
Using GDP as the sole metric for prosperity is “woefully inadequate”, according to the Worldwatch Institute. Its latest report argues that most approaches to global economic...
Campaigners in London have called on major retail brands to condemn the violence displayed by police officials in Cambodia, where four people were shot during a...
Oil giant BP has lost out in its bid to limit compensation payouts to those affected by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, which saw some 5m...
Predictions that half of the British population will be obese by 2050 may actually be underestimating the scale of the problem, a new report has suggested....
Green spaces in urban environments provide “significant and sustained improvements in mental health” that can last years and have positive effects on public wellbeing, a new...
Investors are unintentionally affected by a company’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) profile when assessing its fundamental value, a new study has shown. Accounting professors from the...
The polar vortex, which has brought severe disruption and record low temperatures to the US in recent weeks, has gone on to warm areas of Scandinavia,...
Fees charged by payday lenders for customers who default on payments are “unlawful”, according to Which? – the consumer group that is calling on firms to...
The government has come under fire over claims that it is “bribing” local authorities across the UK, by allowing them to keep 100% of business rates...
French fossil fuel giant Total is to become the first major oil company to invest in the UK’s shale gas industry, it announced on Monday. The...
As three-quarters of the world’s largest carnivores are declining because of habitat loss and human intolerance, scientists warn that they play a crucial ecological role. A...