Investors are focusing on their short-term financial plans and challenges rather than considering the long-term impacts, according to a survey from asset management firm BlackRock. Thinking...
The threat of abrupt climate change disasters, such as the poles melting or mass extinctions, is serious enough to warrant the development of an early warning...
Howard Marks, a renowned American investor and author, paid tribute to the Islamic finance industry’s ethical values during a keynote speech at a House of Commons...
Professors from the University of California and Cornell University have called on academic institutions to listen to the students who were calling for the divestment of fossil...
The British government has backed BP in a dispute over a ban that prevents the oil giant from winning US federal contracts, imposed by the US...
The European commission has said it is imposing fines on eight financial institutions – including the British-based Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) – over accusations that...
The sustainable investment industry has called on George Osborne’s autumn statement to show an awareness of long-term megatrends such as climate change and resource scarcity while...
Traidcraft is a Christian organisation that combines development projects and trading in order to support poor people around the world. Founded in 1979 as a religious...
The Pembrokeshire Coast national park, established in 1952, covers an area of around 243 sq miles of west Wales coastline. It is unique in being the only national...
Environmental and conservation charities have called on the government to ensure that the environment is protected, ahead of George Osborne’s autumn statement on Thursday. The statement,...
How can we fix our broken financial system? That question has been contemplated by many since the economic crisis first hit in 2007. But bringing together leading...
Some of the world’s leading economists have come together to look at ways in which the health gap between the richest and poorest people on the...
New strike prices for renewable energy, detailed in the government’s £375 billion infrastructure investment plan for 2013, have been met with mixed reactions from the green...
The details of the UK government’s National Infrastructure Plan are to be announced on Wednesday, setting out around £375 billion of public and private investment across...
Population increases and changing diets means the world needs to produce 70% more food, as measured by calories, in order to meet demands in 2050. A...