Crowdfunding is a democratic form of financing that allows people to direct their money towards projects they consider important, innovative and socially useful. Each month, we...
Just one in five Britons would “definitely” support fracking near their homes, whilst 33% would support it elsewhere in the country, a poll by Viewsbank has...
The Dallas Safari Club in the US has auctioned a licence to kill an African black rhino in Namibia – a move that conservationists have labelled...
The work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith has urged borrowers and savers to consider credit unions, citing their competitive rates and ethical benefits. The MP...
Blue & Green Daily finds and summarises the top sustainability stories around the web every morning. We start with our picks from Blue & Green Tomorrow....
Buying food from local sources will help retailers and consumers avoid scandals akin to the horsemeat contamination of British food products in 2013, the chair of...
European commissioners remain split on how far the European Union’s renewable energy goals for 2030 should go. Some sources have speculated that a binding renewables agreement...
Lincolnshire is set to receive £30m investment from French-based oil and gas firm Total SA to investigate the county’s shale gas potential. Hydraulic fracking, or fracking, is...
Using GDP as the sole metric for prosperity is “woefully inadequate”, according to the Worldwatch Institute. Its latest report argues that most approaches to global economic...
Portfolio turnover measures how frequently fund managers buy and sell assets within a portfolio. The measurement is usually reported over a twelve-month period. A low turnover...
Campaigners in London have called on major retail brands to condemn the violence displayed by police officials in Cambodia, where four people were shot during a...
Oil giant BP has lost out in its bid to limit compensation payouts to those affected by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, which saw some 5m...
Predictions that half of the British population will be obese by 2050 may actually be underestimating the scale of the problem, a new report has suggested....
Green spaces in urban environments provide “significant and sustained improvements in mental health” that can last years and have positive effects on public wellbeing, a new...
Investors are unintentionally affected by a company’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) profile when assessing its fundamental value, a new study has shown. Accounting professors from the...