Co-operative Bank customers are to be given an opportunity to voice their opinion on the bank’s ethical criteria and policy, its CEO has said. The announcement...
The Social Mobility and Child Poverty (SMCP) Commission has released a response to the government’s draft child poverty strategy 2014-17, describing it as a “missed opportunity”....
With just 100 days until Scots go to the polls and vote on whether they want to become an independent country, the latest polls suggest the...
Charities, social enterprises and other businesses are invited to bring their stories to life through the medium of video, at a one-day course in Birmingham this...
British people are divided when it comes to being given the ability to sack underperforming MPs, according to a YouGov poll. Sixty-eight per cent said they...
A petition to save 125 jobs under threat at Kew Gardens in London has been delivered to David Cameron, with 100,000 signatories arguing that it would...
The first large-scale shipment of highly polluting tar sands oil from Canada is said to have arrived in Spain last week. The 570,000-barrel Western Canada Select...
Cities – those grey, urban, concrete structures – could be the green centres of the modern world. Rolling hills and lush fields may be actually green,...
Rio de Janeiro mayor Eduardo Paes has said that the city may not be able to keep its promise to clean up 80% of Guanabara Bay,...
Governments, businesses and environmentalists are coming together to help raise awareness of the declining health of the world’s oceans for World Oceans Day 2014, which takes...
The Independent Panel on Forestry has said it is “regrettable” that the government failed to propose adequate legislation to protect English public forests during last week’s...
High tides in the Marshall Islands have exposed the graves of 26 Japanese soldiers who died during the second world war. The country’s foreign minister noted...
The science arm of leading confectionery manufacturer Mars has completed a coral reef regeneration project, covering around 7,000 sq metres in Pulau Badi, Indonesia, which it...
The EU’s common agricultural policy (CAP) for 2014-20 has been criticised by leading scientists because, despite claims of being greener, it contains vague and weak suggestions...
Pope Francis has sacked the entire five-member board of the Vatican Financial Information Authority (FIA), in an effort to reform the institution, which has experienced numerous...