Alternative finance intermediaries, including sources such as crowdfunding, peer-to-peer lending and invoice trading, raised almost £1 billion in 2013, market data has revealed. According to a...
Some power companies “let their customers down” while dealing with Christmas power failures, the environment secretary Owen Paterson has said. Meanwhile, forecasters have warned that more...
Deforestation in the Amazon region not only affects the local climate and biodiversity, but also access to water, food and energy for people in Latin America,...
Worsening weather conditions have forced an Australian icebreaker on its way to aid a Russian research ship trapped in the Antarctic to turn back, rescuers have...
Alex McIntosh of the Centre for Sustainable Fashion in London provides a manifesto that should be part of everyone’s buying psyche. This article originally appeared in...
Conservative MP Zac Goldsmith and former Green party leader Caroline Lucas are Blue & Green Tomorrow’s 2013 sustainable national politicians of the year. Goldsmith, a former editor...
A conservation group has warned that exfoliating skin products that have microbeads such as peels, scrubs and washes in them can add plastic to our seas...
More households struggled to cope with financial anxiety in 2013, driven by the rising cost of living, despite the overall economic situation beginning to improve. According...
As weather warnings continue to be issued for the storms expected in the run-up to New Year’s Eve, Friends of the Earth has warned that the...
The British Serious Fraud Office (SFO) expects to bring more charges against those implicated in the Libor scandal in 2014. The head of the SFO has...
The first social bond fund, which will invest in charitable and social projects, is set to launch in January. It has been reported that investors could...
If politicians do not “step up” efforts to tackle pollution, Scotland’s marine life faces long-term damage, the WWF has said. The warnings come just a day...
The 74 scientists, tourists and crew aboard a ship stranded in the Antarctic have been told that they could be evacuated by air if an Australian...
A project aiming to install solar panels at 25 schools across Staffordshire hopes to benefit local people, the schools involved and communities if it successfully raises...
The Met Office has issued further weather warnings, anticipating more heavy rain and wind on Monday, as residents and authorities across the south of England continue...