An alliance of investors has backed European commission proposals to force large firms based in the continent to report material non-financial information. The group, which includes...
Europe lacks a clear strategy to become the first continent entirely committed to clean energy, but there are encouraging signs that something is changing, according to...
Singapore’s pollution standards index has reached the hazardous level of 371, because of the illegal burning of forests in nearby Indonesia. Singapore’s prime minister Lee Hsien...
George Osborne has been urged to take bold steps to reduce the cost of delivering long-term, sustainable infrastructure in the UK, and to speed up the...
Big banks in the UK need to raise billions more in capital to cover their risks, according to the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA). Five of the...
Graham Meeks, director of the Combined Heat and Power Association (CHPA), has been named head of policy at the Green Investment Bank (GIB) – the £3...
Owen Paterson is set to speak out in support of genetically modified (GM) crops, and say that the UK should take the lead in an agricultural...
PA Consulting Group’s Energy Investment Map has reviewed the potential of 30 different countries in the renewable and conventional energy sectors, and ranked the UK in...
Two studies have revealed that the use of some agricultural pesticides, even at normal levels, can cause biodiversity loss and impact invertebrates in Europe and overseas...
Campaign group Investors Against Genocide has claimed that investment firm Fidelity has not yet taken a clear stance against companies tied to bloody regimes, despite years...
If the world moves past 2C of warming, the lives of many people in vulnerable areas of south Asia and sub-Saharan Africa will be at risk...
The threat of prison sentences would give bankers “pause for thought” in acting in a reckless, irresponsible and unsustainable manner, according to a major report by...
Scientists at the Met Office have suggested that the primary cause of unusual British weather in the last two years is warming in the Atlantic and...
Leading scientists from the Met Office are meeting on Tuesday to discuss the unusual weather experienced by the UK over the past two years, and to...
Telecommunications giant BT has launched a new initiative that it says will help customers reduce their carbon footprint by “at least three times” its own emissions...