Aberdeen Asset Management has signed a deal with Lloyds Banking Group to buy Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) that will see its ethical and responsible assets...
Brazil’s environment minister at the climate negotiations in Warsaw has blamed criminal organisations for the deforestation of the Amazon, but said that they were “isolated cases”....
On this day 150 years ago, US president Abraham Lincoln made his now-famous Gettysburg Address, in which he announced that the American civil war would bring...
The chairman of the Co-operative Group Len Wardle has resigned from his post after the Co-operative Bank’s former chairman became embroiled in a drugs controversy. Wardle,...
Global carbon emissions are set to reach record high levels in 2013, according to new analysis by climate scientists. The sustainable investment industry has said the...
Early consultation about wind farm proposals between local communities and developers are to become compulsory, giving local people a much greater say over wind turbine placement....
Marketing guru Seth Godin sent out two posts last week about bullying (first; second). “He’s a bully, but he’s our bully” was the gist of the first...
Conservative MP Andrew Tyrie has described the process by which banking executives are appointed as “a complete disaster”, after the ex-chairman of the Co-operative Bank Paul...
BankToTheFuture.com is a new initiative that lets people invest as little as £10 in private companies, and have more say over what happens to their savings and...
A specially created website that encourages people to rate green spaces could help improve local parks and similar urban environments, according to a new report. The...
A survey has revealed that the public thinks companies should be legally required to report on corporate responsibility (CR) issues. The poll, conducted by CorporateRegister.com, found...
UN delegates began the second week of crucial climate talks in Warsaw on Monday, just as the World Coal Association controversial conference got underway down the...
The construction industry has warned that a review into green levies on energy bills could result in the loss of more than 10,000 construction and insulation...
Chinese premier Li Keqiang has said that the country will begin allowing private capital to be invested in renewable energy and environmental protection as part of...
Why should man expect his prayer for mercy to be heard by what is above him when he shows no mercy to what is under him?...