The impressive Grange St Paul’s Hotel in London was the location for the Economist Events’ Infrastructure Summit on Tuesday, during which a wide range of international...
Overseas investors would be “delighted” to invest in the controversial HS2 high speed rail project, according to Pippa Malmgren, president of Principalis Asset Management. Speaking at...
Executives from across the newspaper industry have launched a last minute attempt to challenge the royal charter, due to be finalised on Wednesday afternoon by the...
In September, I attended an event hosted by Ford in Frankfurt, introducing journalists to its new electric and hybrid range of cars. The journey itself was...
David Cameron has announced that the UK is set to become the first non-Muslim country to issue sharia bonds, in an effort to attract foreign investment....
Energy chiefs from the big six suppliers were grilled by MPs on Tuesday amid a fierce political row over rising consumer bill prices. Four of the...
A report from Greenpeace suggests that pulp and paper firm APP is moving towards sustainability within its supply chain. In February this year, APP launched its...
The Department for Transport (DfT) has said that the proposed HS2 high speed rail network is “crucial” in helping meet Britain’s future transport needs. However, a...
Major pension funds and investors that already see the long-term financial risks associated with investing in high-carbon industries are “ahead of the curve”, according to pensions...
Payday lenders such as Wonga, QuickQuid and Payday UK have been criticised by consumer groups, politicians and even the archbishop of Canterbury in recent weeks, over...
Helen Ghosh, director-general of the National Trust, has stated the organisation supports technologies that “harvest nature” rather than mines it. The comments follow Ghosh telling the...
Big investment houses are often criticised for being the epicentre of unsustainable financial practices. This perspective ignores the efforts that several organisations are making to develop...
The inclusion of a 2030 decarbonisation target for the energy sector in the energy bill has been defeated in the House of Lords. The target has...
Consumer group Which? has called on the chancellor George Osborne to increase competition in the energy market by cutting the big six energy companies “down to...
Lloyds Bank has announced that it has set aside a further £750m for anticipated claims for mis-sold payment protection insurance (PPI) by consumers. The part state-owned...