Climate Week 2013 was launched at an event at the House of Commons yesterday, where 14 companies, projects and individuals were given awards for their work...
The recent growth in popularity and size of impact investment shows that social and environmental challenges can be tackled using finance. Through impact investing, individuals decide...
Environment Agency chairman Lord Smith has told the BBC that the UK will have to adapt to floods and droughts and be prepared to face more extreme...
The media has created myths that blame the most vulnerable people for our economic and societal woes by twisting and misusing statistics, according to a hard-hitting...
If the UK fails in building a new set of power stations to replace the ones that are closing, it will be much more expensive and...
The scientific realities of climate change are often distorted in the media by political leanings, financial pressures and the fact that the news media is only...
David Gait, senior portfolio manager of First State, has criticised the wider investment industry, saying it is “not fit for purpose” due to its inherent short-term...
A US research team has tabled a proposal to develop a global monitoring method that will detect small changes in the bee population. The research was...
These are the articles that have attracted the most interest on our site in the past week, and we’re republishing the links here to ensure you...
Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio has pledged to end the large-scale poaching of elephants, known as the ‘killing frenzy’, in an attempt to secure a full ivory...
In 2009, the late, great Ray Anderson – founder of carpet manufacturers Interface – gave a TED talk about the viability and logic of sustainable commerce. Anderson...
Community funding platform Abundance Generation has launched a new solar energy project in Kent that allows investors to pledge as little as £5 to help fund...
In the 2011 Italian comedy, We Have a Pope (Habemus Papam), a reluctant cardinal is elected pope in conclave, goes into hiding, seeks therapy and eventually...
China has called for businesses to take environmental and social issues into account when investing at both domestic and international levels. The country’s commerce and environmental...
Lloyds Banking Group has revealed it made a £570m loss in 2012 – mainly down to the £3.6 billion it was forced to set aside for...