New figures have revealed that four streets in east London are among the worst for air quality, while the city as a whole boasts higher levels...
The US corporate sector has been asked to cut its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 1.2 gigatonnes by 2020. A jointed study by the Carbon Disclosure...
Thousands of bees found dead in a car park in Oregon, US, were inadvertently killed by pesticides used to rid trees of aphids, according to the...
Doug Balfour, CEO of philanthropic consulting firm Geneva Global, writes about the power of collective action in tackling key international development challenges. You can’t travel around the...
Three leading ethical and sustainable investment funds have been honoured in financial magazine Money Observer’s Fund Awards 2013. The F&C Stewardship Fund won best socially responsible...
Ethical investment produces “more sustainable” financial returns, as well as better quality of life for society, according to the Church of England’s Ethical Investment Advisory Group’s...
RWE Npower director Nina Skorupska was recently unveiled as the Renewable Energy Association’s (REA) new chief executive. At the end of July, she will take over...
In an effort to avoid incidences like the financial crisis that begun in 2007, Didier Sornette has developed a way to predict future crashes. He gave...
Consumers may soon be able measure the environmental impact of the products they buy, thanks to a smartphone app currently being developed at a UK university....
One of the criticisms of solar power and other renewable energies are their apparent status as ‘subsidy junkies’; another is their efficiency. In a recent interview,...
After completing an energy technology degree in the early-90s, Howard Johns became an environmental activist, arranging protests against new roads and open cast mining. But in...
An alliance of investors has backed European commission proposals to force large firms based in the continent to report material non-financial information. The group, which includes...
Europe lacks a clear strategy to become the first continent entirely committed to clean energy, but there are encouraging signs that something is changing, according to...
Wednesday and yesterday’s falls in stock markets around the world are worrying. The fall followed Ben Bernanke’s prediction that the Federal Reserve would ease its bond buying...
Singapore’s pollution standards index has reached the hazardous level of 371, because of the illegal burning of forests in nearby Indonesia. Singapore’s prime minister Lee Hsien...