Campaigners are putting pressure on European politicians to pass an amendment on legislation that would require large companies to assess and report the impacts they have...
Parliament has begun to discuss its single largest bill ever, on the much-criticised High Speed 2 project and its consequences on landscapes and communities. The hybrid...
Energy watchdog Ofgem has said that suppliers’ profits rose by 77% last year to £53 per home, but energy giants have claimed these figures are “out...
The risk posed to the global climate by escaping reserves of methane from under melting Arctic ice may be bigger than originally thought, according to a...
Anna Laycock, ethics manager at Ecology Building Society, reflects on recent media criticism of financial mutuals. Reading the headlines this weekend, you’d have been forgiven for...
A controversial oil pipeline development linking Canada’s tar sands to refineries in Texas may bring minimal economic benefits while generating a rush of high-risk oil investments,...
A survey from the Financial Times supplement FTfm has found that more than half of women working in asset management have been on the receiving end...
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has moved to freeze the assets of a suspected boiler room scam, after a High Court judge last week agreed that...
Expanding the diversity of UK business forms will improve the way businesses operate and result in sustainable growth, according to a study by the business thinktank...
Switzerland has voted no in a referendum that would have seen a cap placed on the gap between the highest and the lowest wages companies can...
The Metropolitan police is sending 650 officers to busy London junctions on Monday, in a bid to improve cyclist safety after the deaths of six people...
A group of investors collectively worth €7.5 trillion (£6.26 trillion) has described the positive conclusion to the UN climate talks in Warsaw as an important step...
The government is to introduce new legislation that will see the cost of taking out a payday loan capped, after a cross-party group of MPs backed...
Authorities in the US state of Vermont are reportedly divided between those who support divestment from fossil fuel companies and those claiming that it would be...
Nationwide is set to raise up to £500m through core capital deferred shares (CCDS). The building society said this allows it to boost its capital without...