Across all forms of investment and finance – from ISAs through to equities – most people still don’t associate what they invest in with real world...
Unity Trust Bank, one of the leading socially responsible banks in the UK, has unveiled a new scheme that will see staff handed ownership stakes in...
Ernst & Young’s latest Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Indices (RECAI) says the UK is the most attractive country in the world for offshore wind investment, and the...
Fipronil is the fourth pesticide that is harmful to honeybees, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has established. It claims that fipronil, which belongs to the...
International development secretary Justine Greening and Goldman Sachs chairman Jim O’Neill have both been confirmed as keynote speakers at the FT/IFC Sustainable Finance Conference and Awards...
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) recently picked out six sectors, and the ‘greening’ of which can ensure long-term prosperity for developing countries: agriculture, fisheries, forests, manufacturing, renewable...
Isabelle de Grave asks whether funds and investors should be alert to the risk natural resource scarcity poses to sovereign bonds. The environment is not often...
The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) is to conduct an investigation into the ethical standards of major audit firms in the UK, after its annual review pulled...
The Financial Ombudsman Service has revealed that it receives 7,000 complaints and enquiries a day – a figure that the Move Your Money campaign says should...
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has criticised Norway’s $740 billion (£491 billion) oil fund for lacking a strategy to deal with violations of...
