The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has commissioned a study to find out the effect of energy projects – including shale gas and...
A study by the consumer organisation MoneySupermarket.com has suggested that 13 million drivers across the UK waste up to £21 a month driving out of their...
The fifth assessment report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is set to reveal that scientists are more confident than ever that humans are...
Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of social networking giant Facebook, has announced plans to hook up the entire planet’s population to the internet. Zuckerberg, who founded the...
The UK’s green building industry has criticised the government over a new report, published on Tuesday, that outlines proposals for new regulations. A joint statement from...
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has unveiled a compensation scheme for customers who were mis-sold protection for credit card fraud and identity theft. International life assistance...
Hundreds of stations that monitor air pollution across the UK could be shut down under government plans to cut costs and reform the Local Air Quality...
The Japanese government’s nuclear watchdog has amplified the danger levels of the radioactive water leak at the Fukushima plant, with the risks now ranked at three...
Investment into North Sea oil and gas will reach record levels in 2013, with £13.5 billion pumped into an industry whose production has dropped off significantly...
The organising committee of the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, has launched its sustainability plan, in which it says it aims...
The $750 billion Government Pension Fund of Norway (GPF) has responded to a review of its investment strategy, which described its ethical footprint as “severely limited”...
Italian socially responsible fund manager Etica SGR has seen its client base grow 25% since the beginning of 2013, as well as a net profit boost...
Two in five people are expected to switch banks when a new £750m government-backed system is introduced in September, which will allow consumers to move their...
The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has said that proposals set out by the government to simplify and streamline housing standards “fail to present a vision...
Britons are more likely now to buy Fairtrade goods, organic food and environmentally-friendly products than they were in 2011, according to a new study. A survey...