Managing directors of firms in the City of London are expecting a 44% increase in their bonuses, according to a survey. However, recruiters Astbury Marsden said...
Recent government increases in the contracts for difference (CfDs) for offshore wind development might not be enough to attract investment, Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) has...
The Home Office is expected to publish draft legislation that will toughen laws on slavery, after home secretary Theresa May announced the plans in August. Writing...
A new report by the thinktank Policy Exchange has suggested that the government should act “ruthlessly” in its efforts to reduce energy bills, by cutting back...
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has written to MPs, urging them against cuts to the agriculture industry’s subsidies. The plans, which will see financial support for...
Climate change may be causing the North Pole to drift, scientists have claimed. Computer simulations have suggested that as glaciers and ice sheets melt, the distribution...
Investors are being told to stay away from a palm oil company whose founder is one of the bosses of an illegal logging firm in Indonesia....
The position of the City of London as the main financial services centre in the European Union (EU) is “uncertain”, according to a new report. This...
The Prince of Wales has joined with a group of chief financial officers (CFOs) to encourage sustainability in business. As part of his Accounting for Sustainability project, the...
Three million properties in England are at risk of flash flooding, according to flood maps published by the Environment Agency on Thursday. An extra 2.4m are...
South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), is backing the expansion of coal production in the country, according to Yale Environment 360. The publication...
The controversial HS2 rail project is essential for the future of the UK, and should be backed by all three main political parties, MPs have claimed....
Campaign group Global Witness has accused financial services firm Credit Suisse of becoming the largest institutional shareholder in a company that has committed environmental and human...
The UK must set up a specialist crime unit to investigate organised crime in food supply chains in the aftermath of the horsemeat scandal, an official...
In order to meet global food demand sustainably, a long-term holistic approach to farming is necessary, according to a new report from Dutch bank Rabobank. It...