Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) emissions from older diesel vehicles and power pants have exceeded 300 micrograms per cubic metre in some areas of Hong Kong – a...
The customer costs of current accounts are rising and can vary depending on which bank you choose, but claims that low income customers are paying more...
The government should introduce a tax relief for social impact investments in order to widen the sector’s attraction to the retail market, specialist ethical financial advisers...
MPs have voted against closing a legal loophole that allows coal-fired power stations to continue emitting carbon unabated throughout their lifespan. The amendment, tabled by a...
Investors are focusing on their short-term financial plans and challenges rather than considering the long-term impacts, according to a survey from asset management firm BlackRock. Thinking...
The threat of abrupt climate change disasters, such as the poles melting or mass extinctions, is serious enough to warrant the development of an early warning...
Howard Marks, a renowned American investor and author, paid tribute to the Islamic finance industry’s ethical values during a keynote speech at a House of Commons...
Professors from the University of California and Cornell University have called on academic institutions to listen to the students who were calling for the divestment of fossil...
The British government has backed BP in a dispute over a ban that prevents the oil giant from winning US federal contracts, imposed by the US...
The European commission has said it is imposing fines on eight financial institutions – including the British-based Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) – over accusations that...
The sustainable investment industry has called on George Osborne’s autumn statement to show an awareness of long-term megatrends such as climate change and resource scarcity while...
Environmental and conservation charities have called on the government to ensure that the environment is protected, ahead of George Osborne’s autumn statement on Thursday. The statement,...
Some of the world’s leading economists have come together to look at ways in which the health gap between the richest and poorest people on the...
New strike prices for renewable energy, detailed in the government’s £375 billion infrastructure investment plan for 2013, have been met with mixed reactions from the green...
The details of the UK government’s National Infrastructure Plan are to be announced on Wednesday, setting out around £375 billion of public and private investment across...