Two-thirds of global chief executives believe that businesses are not doing enough to address global sustainability challenges, according to a new UN report. The survey, of...
UKIP’s energy spokesperson, Roger Helmer, has accused anti-fracking campaigners of being “eco-freaks” and trying to kill off the “greatest new economic opportunity”. Speaking at the party’s conference...
US investment bank JP Morgan Chase has been fined $920m (£573m) for concealing so-called ‘London Whale’ trades that led to losses of $6.2 billion. Regulators in...
A decision on whether to begin fracking for shale gas in the Netherlands will not be taken for another 18 months until further research has been...
Comments made about the alleged poor performance of sustainable investment funds by a leading asset manager have been described as “ill-informed and naive” by the industry’s...
Twenty-five Greenpeace activists are being held at gunpoint after a protest in Russia. The country’s coastguard boarded the activists’ ship in the Barents Sea, as campaigners...
With India set to fast-track almost 100 new hydropower plants, and as the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in America prepares to issue further hydroelectric projects across...
Whaling: rugged Scandinavian men with spears and harpoons chasing poor, defenceless whales out of their natural habitat, before slaughtering and eating them. It’s fair to say...
More than two-thirds of charitable organisations fail in obtaining loans from high street banks, according to a survey by the Charity Technology Trust (CCT) and commissioned...
The Environmental Defence Fund (EDF) has replied to claims made by Naomi Klein, the Canadian author who last week said that green groups are more damaging...
New research shows that public perception is “skewed” when it comes to environmental responsibility. Whilst the public sees business at the heart of the economic recovery,...
Tourism must play a central role in raising awareness on sustainability and promoting sustainable development on small islands, global delegates have agreed. The Sustainable Development of...
The European renewable energy industry has written to the European parliament, urging it to set a legally binding target for 2030. The industry warned that without...
Retailers can refuse edible products because these don’t satisfy shape or blemish standards criteria, a new report has found. Up to 40% of perfectly eatable food...
US stock markets hit a record high and global markets rallied on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve unexpectedly said it would maintain its economic stimulus program....