Asset management firm BlackRock has launched the BlackRock Developed World ex Tobacco Index Fund, in a bid to meet demand from charities, pension schemes and other...
By investing in unethical companies, public sector pension schemes are letting down their employees, according to Friends of the Earth Scotland. Their comments follow an investigation...
Kenya’s government has identified a number of sites where it could develop solar farms – which it said could provide more than half of the country’s...
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are investment vehicles that track any one of a wide range of sectors or indices and are traded much like stocks, with prices...
The government has been accused of rigging the consultation process to select the site of a proposed nuclear waste storage facility in favour of a location...
Two people have died and more than 150 have had to be airlifted to safety over the weekend as “record rainfall” led to led to floods...
The Church of England has announced it is unlikely to drop its fossil fuel investments, despite voices within the faith expressing concern about climate change. The...
The government has revealed the shortlist of bidders that will be invited to deliver proposals for the East Coast rail franchise, as part of a privatisation...
The US ambassador to Japan has said she is “deeply concerned” about the drive hunt dolphin killing that occurs each year in a cove in Taiji,...
It was a mild winter’s day as I stepped out of Bethnal Green tube to head to Oval Space and TEDxEastEnd. Volunteers with Red umbrellas and...