Ahead of upcoming climate talks in Paris, South Yorkshire Pension Fund has committed to low carbon investment policies that exclude ‘pure’ coal and tar sands companies...
Business leaders, policy makers, environmental experts and academics from around the globe will gather in Edinburgh today for the second World Forum on Natural Capital. During...
The divestment movement has been gathering pace like wildfire over the last few years with over 400 institutions globally now committed to divesting from fossil fuels....
A new report, analyzing a group of the largest metal and mining companies, with combined market capitalization of US$329bn, has found they are failing to adequately...
A good night’s sleep isn’t something that should be restricted to those who can pay top dollar for it. Although quality sheets are one of the...
A worldwide group of global climate finance organisations has issued a call for coordinated action to scale up climate investment ‘infrastructure’ and financial flows following the...
On Tuesday, historian Simon Schama explained to the Today programme how the power and emotion of La Marseillaise makes it the ‘greatest national anthem in the...
Slow Food is an international movement promoted as an alternative to fast food, it strives to preserve traditional and regional cuisine and encourages farming of plants,...
If there is a choice between French culture and the ‘culture’ of Islamic State, the world will choose French culture, Muslim world and non-Muslim. There is...
Enterprise in Africa is growing, with a large number of businesses increasing in size and many companies emerging as international players. The developing continent is reaching...
Subsidies for solar power are 22 times less than people think, according to a new YouGov poll commissioned by the Solar Trade Association. On average, respondents...
Every day we scan the newswires and other publications round our blue and green world to see what’s being said about socially responsible investment aka sustainable investment,...
The Financial Services Trade Associations Review has recommended creating a new world-class trade association for the industry by bringing together five existing associations and also forging...
Sandrine Dixson-Declève, a director at the Cambridge University’s Institute for Sustainability Leadership says that Europe needs to eliminate fossil fuel subsidies and create an energy system based around...
National Grid, Willmott Dixon and M&S are among the big winners of edie’s 2015 Sustainablity Leaders Awards, announced at a glittering ceremony in London. The Grand...