Rupert Murdoch, the owner of News Corporation, in an interview marking the 50th anniversary of his newspaper the Australian, described the effects of climate change as...
To mark World Population Day, UNFPA, the UN’s population fund, is calling for investments in support of the largest-ever generation of young people. Rapid population growth...
The transition to a more sustainable management of global fisheries offers a significant financial return, while also delivering environmental and social benefits, a joint report by...
Climate change is the biggest issue that the future generations of Wales will have to face, according to a survey released as the government reads a...
If done correctly wildlife tourism can have a positive influence on the way economies develop and view their wildlife and biodiversity, according to Dr Michael Hutchins,...
Social enterprises operating in the leisure services sector are becoming “serious competitors” to privately run businesses, according to the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) SE100 Index....
Consumers feel “disconnected” from pension providers, which they associate with uncertainty and wrongdoings, according to new analysis by the National Employment Savings Trust (Nest). A new...
The employee ownership business model is a rapidly growing force in the UK’s economy, according to data published by the Employee Ownership Association (EOA). To coincide...
Almost 32,000 people have signed a petition calling for Tesco to pay its staff the living wage – currently set at £7.65 and £8.80 in London...
The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has called on the world to strengthen its forest policies so that they “put people at the centre”, recognising...
A petition calling on John Lewis to pay cleaners working at its stores the living wage – currently set at £8.80 in London and £7.65 elsewhere...
The 1,177-km (731-mile) Northern Gateway pipeline project, which will carry tar sands oil from Alberta to the Pacific coast in Canada, has been approved by the...
Unearthed investigates the issues that surround the controversial shale gas extraction method fracking, documenting how the process could dramatically impact local communities, economies and the environment....
More than 20m meals were given to those in desperate need last year in the UK, a report by the Trussell Trust, Church Action on Poverty...
A new social impact bond (SIB) launched in Manchester gives investors an opportunity to support a programme funding foster placements for vulnerable children. The project, which...