China’s former health minister Chen Zhu has estimated that up to 500,000 premature deaths are caused each year by air pollution – now the fourth biggest...
Scientists and engineers from Harvard University have developed a new type of battery that they say could revolutionise the way electricity is stored on the grid,...
Ben Goldsmith answers 20 questions on life, sustainability and everything. Goldsmith is an environmentalist, philanthropist and a partner at sustainable investment business WHEB, which he co-founded...
This outstanding, detached, single-storey barn conversion is situated in Netherby, Carlisle, and is available to book now through cottages4you. The property stands in a courtyard alongside...
The Climate Assets fund, Quilter Cheviot’s flagship sustainable investment fund, has been awarded a three crown rating by investment data firm Financial Express. The rating signals...
Ministers from some of the EU’s largest economies have called on the European commission to set an ambitious 2030 target for renewable energy use. The UK,...
On Monday the ever-reliable Jon Stewart, host of the The Daily Show on Comedy Central and frequent arbiter of good sense, returned from his Christmas break...
China has embarked on a new project that will see the country double the number of wind turbines it uses to generate electricity over the next...
Morgan Stanley’s Institute for Sustainable Investing has launched a competition for business students, inviting them to submit market-based solutions that take into account social and environmental...
One particular clean energy fund delivered returns unsurpassed by not just the sustainable investment space last year, but the entire UK fund world. In the 12...
BlackRock is planning a range of follow-up products after its first renewable power fund was deemed a success. The asset management firm said the area represents...
The Environment Agency has warned of further flood risks after the latest in a series of heavy storms shook the UK, crumbling ancient coastlines into the...
Experts have warned that the UK must prepare for more flooding and gale-force winds in the coming years, as climate change continues to make extreme weather...
Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI) has announced the launch of green bonds worth $100m (£61m) that will be used to fund low-carbon projects. The firm...
The leader of an Antarctic expedition whose ship became stranded and had to be rescued has expressed his frustration over the “misrepresentation of the expedition”, after...