Environmental campaign group Greenpeace launched a global campaign against Danish toy company Lego over its advertising partnership with Shell on Tuesday. The campaign group has requested...
In its final report on fiduciary duty the Law Commission has acknowledged that the current law on the issue is “confusing and inaccessible” and clarified that...
Barclays and investment firm MSCI have announced the creation of a new tool to expand environmental, social and governance (ESG) fixed income benchmark index group, for...
Giles Fraser, priest-in-charge at St Mary’s Newington in south London, delivered Tuesday morning’s Thought for the Day on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme. He chose to...
Eight electric Formula One-style racing cars drove over London Bridge on Monday for an electrifying photoshoot ahead of the inaugural Formula E championship, which starts in September. ...
From Tuesday, all individual savings accounts (Isa) will become new ISAs (Nisa) as government reforms come into force. The changes aim to provide greater flexibility and...
Kiribati has finalised the purchase of 20 sq km of land on Vanua Levu, a Fijian island, in order to give its people somewhere to grow...
Plastic pollutants afflict all of the world’s oceans, but a new study has found that the quantity of floating waste around the world is lower than...
A coalition of campaigners have urged prime minister David Cameron to uphold a ban on bee-killing pesticides, as his cabinet decides whether to grant an emergency...
The UK’s ageing infrastructure needs £375 billion of investment to ensure that it is up to the task of meeting the needs of a growing population...
Nasa has launched the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) satellite to measure where carbon dioxide (CO2) comes from and where it goes. It is hoped the new...
Proponents of free trade and fair trade will lock horns in London later in September, in a debate around which is most effective in helping developing...
Whether it’s climate change, renewable energy or water scarcity, we all have areas we want to invest in – but it’s not always possible to hit...
A shopper in Belfast has found a note allegedly written by a Chinese prison worker who claims to have forcedly worked 15 hours to make clothes...
Oxfordshire, Manchester and Bristol are among the UK hotspots that are leading the way in community investment and activism, new research has revealed. Figures released on...