Swiss private bank J Safra Sarasin has announced Pierin Menzli to be the new head of sustainable investment research while unveiling plans to strengthen its commitment...
The number of customers switching energy providers dropped to an all time low, according to statistics published by the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC)....
The French government has said a carbon tax will be introduced in the country next year that is expected to generate some €4 billion (£3.3 billion)...
Twenty-two of the activists arrested by Russian authorities aboard the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise will be held in jail for two months without charge, a Murmansk...
A Life Stripped Bare is a humourous account of one man’s journey to live ethically over the course of a year. Former Guardian environment writer Leo Hickman,...
The Economics of Happiness is a documentary that features voices across six continents calling for systematic economic change. The film describes the contrasting directions of governments...
The world’s leading climate scientists have unveiled the first part of a major report, which says that the evidence for manmade climate change is stronger than...
A new study by the University of Cambridge has identified new ways in which livestock could be managed and maintained in order to become more sustainable....
The UK’s political leaders must engage in an “informed, pluralistic debate” about key issues such as energy and the economy, according to a coalition of social...
Last week, we brought you the John Cleveland College (JCC) Community Woodheat Co-operative, which is currently open to investors. We heard from one such investor, David Nicholls, and...
Businesses, organisations and tourists are celebrating World Tourism Day 2013. Co-ordinated by the UN World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), the theme for this year focuses on how...
More and more countries are increasingly dependent on tourism to bring in the revenue they need. So it’s worrying that so many tourism businesses still haven’t...
Telecoms giant BT has been placed in a quasi-monopolistic position, being the main provider of superfast broadband to rural areas while taxpayer is being “ripped off” over the...
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has said it is in the public interest to prosecute former Green Party leader Caroline Lucas, after she was arrested at shale gas drilling site...
The chairman of the controversial high speed rail project HS2 has said it must be backed by all three main political parties, and that the country desperately needs it. Sir David...