The increasing risk of natural disasters may nullify efforts to tackle global poverty, as the likelihood of severe droughts and floods increases between now and 2030,...
Three-quarters of the population do not believe that green taxes to blame for rising energy bills, despite energy companies linking renewable energy subsidies with recent price...
The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) is launching a new task group to debate the definition of ‘zero-carbon’ for non-domestic buildings. In 2008, the Labour government...
Global investment in clean energy dropped by 14% in the third quarter of 2013, making it “almost certain” that annual investment in renewable and energy-smart technologies...
The climate variation pattern, El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO), will be strongly influenced by global warming in the future, a new study has found. Scientists from...
A mixture of the global financial crisis and lethargy from senior politicians has contributed to climate change slipping down the agenda in the UK, according to...
The United Nations has highlighted the important role women play in responding to climate change, during the International Day of Rural Women. Christiana Figueres, executive secretary...
National Ethical Investment Week(NEIW) 2013 is underway, and a wide range of national newspapers and media outlets have already written about some of the themes associated...
FTSE 350 companies must allow accountancy firms to bid for their audit work every 10 years in a bid to improve competition in the market. The...
Leading US social and environmental investment firm Sonen Capital has launched a new report which suggests that impact investment can outperform traditional asset class strategies. The...
Pregnant women exposed to pollutants and heavy traffic are more likely to have babies underweight and with smaller head circumferences, according to a new study. The...
Greenpeace has launched a legal challenge to stop companies from fracking in England, and to halt what it calls “reckless and presumptuous” plans for shale gas...
Ethical savings provider Ecology Building Society has revealed it now holds over£120m in assets – a growth of more than £10m since the beginning of 2013, which it attributes to the “popularity of...
A third of UK investors (34%) want their savings and investments to help create a more sustainable economy, according to a YouGov survey conducted for National...
UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon has called on the international community to unlock $100 billion (£62.5 billion) a year in financing to address the threats posed by...