At the Envirotech & Clean Energy Investor Summit in London on Thursday, former US vice-president Al Gore, now chairman of Generation Investment Management, spoke about climate...
The world is in danger of making the same mistakes with sub-prime carbon assets as it did with the sub-prime mortgages that led to the financial...
Talks to create two protected marine reserves in the Antarctic have failed, as Russia, Ukraine and China refused to commit to the plans. Delegates from 24 countries...
Naturalist and broadcaster Sir David Attenborough has called on the “global community” to raise £110,000 in order to protect endangered mountain gorillas in Africa, in his...
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has confirmed it will not split into a ‘good bank’ and ‘bad bank’. Instead, it will create an internal ‘bad...
The global oil refining industry has been hit by squeezed margins, with three of the biggest oil companies reporting falling third-quarter profits on Thursday. Royal Dutch...
An online campaign is urging Co-operative Bank customers not to switch providers, and instead join forces to demand the bank to stick by its ethical principles....
The rate of annual increase in global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions dropped to 1.4% in 2012 – less than half the average over the past decade....
Businesses must “strive for stewardship” when it comes to the social, environmental and financial risks that come from water negligence, according to CDP’s global water report...
The public health risks that derive from exposure to emissions from shale gas extraction are low if operations are run properly and regulated, according to a...
A one-off evidence session looking into the regulation of the payday lender industry will be held on November 5 at the Palace of Westminster, London. The...
MPs are expected to vote today on whether to release funds so the government can begin spending on the controversial HS2 rail project. The remaining stages...
Five of the leading organisations in the social investment market have collaborated to launch a research body that will seek to maximise the benefits for socially-motivated...
Network Rail has been told to achieve £1.7 billion worth of savings in the next five years by the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR). The railways...
As the debate on energy prices intensifies, the energy secretary Ed Davey has promised to increase competition in the energy markets by speeding up the time...