Avoidable food and drink waste in the UK has fallen by 21% since 2007, but households are still wasting 4.2 million tonnes of food every year,...
Newly-elected Democratic mayor of New York City, Bill De Blasio, has interrupted Michael Bloomberg’s 11-year reign, and promises to lead on equality, welfare, LGBT rights, air...
Oil traders in the US have launched a legal battle against companies accused of fixing the price of Brent crude oil, including BP and Shell. The...
The Co-operative Bank was given “winks and nods” by politicians to finalise deals that ultimately led to its near collapse, according to the former chairman of...
Today, we stand on the shoulders of enlightenment thinkers who argued for reason over blind faith and ancient tradition. They argued for the scientific method and...
A new infographic, co-designed by a Blue & Green Tomorrow contributor, has been shortlisted in the 2013 Information is Beautiful Awards for data visualisation. The Startup...
Burt’s Bees has been producing natural beauty products for 25 years, sourcing natural ingredients and committing to create a natural environment for pollinators to prosper and...
Over a dozen companies have been closed by the Insolvency Service in the last 15 months, after raking in nearly £24m from 1,500 individuals for carbon...
Labour leader Ed Miliband has said that the so-called “Wonga economy” is one of the worst aspects of the cost of living crisis, with payday lenders...
The Global Wealth Report 2013 from Credit Suisse revealed that wealth had hit an all-time high of $241 trillion by the middle of 2013, despite challenging...
David Powell, economics campaigner at Friends of the Earth, on asking investors awkward questions about the urgency of climate change, in an effort to start doing things...
Thirteen long-term investors have called on the publicly listed companies they invest in to pay all employees the living wage, which was increased this week to...
A government survey has found that support for renewable energy among the public has remained at around the same levels since last year, with a strong...
Representatives from three of the UK’s biggest players in the payday lending industry have appeared before MPs to answer questions after allegations of bad practice emerged....
The survival rate of a newly born enterprise in its first three years is around two-thirds. This drops to well under half at the five-year mark....