The Church of England Ethical Investment Advisory Group (EIAG) has encouraged the church to take a “precautionary” stance on investments in genetic modification (GM). In an...
More than 12,000 people in 24 hours have signed a petition calling on energy giant EDF to drop a £5m civil claim against activists who occupied...
Oil giant BP is facing civil claims for up to $17.6 billion (£11.6 billion) in relation to the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico....
Sales of Fairtrade-certified goods grew by 19% to £1.57 billion in 2012, according to statistics released as part of Fairtrade Fortnight, which begins today. The figure...
Increasing temperatures and humidity are expected to double labour capacity losses by 2050, according to research by the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory in New Jersey. Productivity...
The UN Environmental Programme (UNEP) last week chose Mongolia as host of World Environment Day 2013 – a country, it says, that has made a significant...
Sustainable investment holds the key to balancing the needs of people and the planet, whilst engaging in a prosperous financial opportunity. The term ‘sustainable’ is being...
Mosquitoes are now able to ignore the widely used insect repellent Deet, say scientists, because their receptors are becoming less sensitive. Deet, whose chemical name is...
Discovering that you’re being sued for £5m by a gigantic, state-owned, multinational corporation is a pretty overwhelming experience; particularly when you realise that this is a...
Forty years ago today, a small group of people gathered in Coventry for what would become the first official meeting of the Green Party. Joseph Iddison...
