Community funding platform Abundance Generation has launched a new solar energy project in Kent that allows investors to pledge as little as £5 to help fund...
In the 2011 Italian comedy, We Have a Pope (Habemus Papam), a reluctant cardinal is elected pope in conclave, goes into hiding, seeks therapy and eventually...
China has called for businesses to take environmental and social issues into account when investing at both domestic and international levels. The country’s commerce and environmental...
Lloyds Banking Group has revealed it made a £570m loss in 2012 – mainly down to the £3.6 billion it was forced to set aside for...
Triodos Bank, one Europe’s leading sustainable banks, has revealed that both its balance sheet and customer base have grown by 23% in the past year –...
Maintaining safety at the Deepwater Horizon rig was a shared effort, a senior BP executive said during yesterday’s court case relating to the Gulf of Mexico...
Shell has suspended drilling operations in Arctic waters for 2013 after a series of mechanical failures. However, the oil giant states that it remains committed to...
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) revealed it made a £5.17 billion pre-tax loss in 2012 – more than three times the £1.2 billion it lost...
Campaign website Avaaz is calling on people to sign a petition to the EU parliament, in order to ensure transparent financial transactions within banks in a...
Nestlé CEO Paul Bulcke has warned about the possible consequences of a global water shortage – a threat that will hit the food industry particularly hard....
Today is International Polar Bear Day – an event led by the world’s leading polar bear conservation group, Polar Bear International (PBI), to celebrate and protect...
Financial information firm Dow Jones and sustainable investment specialists RobecoSAM have developed a joint index that looks to measure the sustainability performance of companies from emerging...
Despite the economic downturn, energy company British Gas has reported that it made profits of £606m in 2012 – up from £544m in 2011. But environmental...
Libya could generate five times the amount of energy from solar panels alone than what it produces from crude oil, according to research by Nottingham Trent...
The United Nations has launched a new programme to develop technologies that help tackle climate change, following an agreement made during climate change negotiations in Doha...