The winners of the 2014 Observer Ethical Awards were announced on Wednesday night at a ceremony in London, with activist and music legend Brian May among...
European regulators have launched a full inquiry into tax deals brokered between tax officials and multinational corporations including Apple and Starbucks. The higher rates of corporation...
Derby city council has decided to put its decision on fracking on hold in order to investigate the environmental impact of the controversial extraction method before...
A new website has been launched to help football fans choose a team to support at the Brazil World Cup, based not on patriotic allegiances or...
Chancellor George Osborne is set to announce tougher measures to punish those committing wrongdoings in the financial sector, including making the manipulation of the foreign exchange...
Incidents of extreme flooding strengthen Britons’ belief in climate change, while warnings over rising temperatures fail to resonate, a new study has found. The paper, published...
The international hacker group Anonymous has claimed responsibility for a large number of attacks carried out against websites associated with the World Cup – including the...
Global economic growth forecasts for 2014 have been lowered from 3.2% to 2.8% by the World Bank. Poor weather in the US and conflict in Ukraine...
More than 600 medical professionals have written to the British Medical Journal expressing concern over the need to hastily publish draft resolutions enforcing plain cigarette packaging....
UK pensions funds and asset management companies potentially have up to £37 billion invested in ‘land grabs’ worldwide, according to a report published by Friends of...
The Co-operative Bank has launched a survey to gauge opinions on range of ethical issues, from responsible banking to human rights, as it seeks to “refresh”...
Britain is facing winters of power shortages, according to energy secretary Ed Davey – something Charlie Farr says has been on the cards for more than a year....
What will business look like in the future and who are our future leaders? This is the next instalment in our series speaking with a group...
Blue & Green Daily finds and summarises the top sustainability stories around the web every morning. We start with our own picks from Blue & Green...
The trade association of the combined heat and power and district heating and cooling industry has launched a competition asking photographers “to showcase the hidden nature...