A new report suggests that land grabbing – which involves buying out huge plots of land for the extraction of resources, usually in developing countries –...
Energy secretary Ed Davey has announced that the UK will pledge £1.5 billion towards an international fund by the end of the year, in order to...
Blue Energy, the renewable energy firm that installed panels for the successful Westmill Solar Co-operative, has announced plans to build Africa’s largest solar farm. The 155...
Bill Nighy has outlined during a trip to Malawi how decisions made in banks, financial institutions and stock exchanges could potentially create an “Aids-free generation“. The...
WaterAid has urged governments worldwide to invest heavily in access to sanitation and water, after releasing statistics for World Toilet Day 2012 that outline how one...
A representative of Ghana’s energy ministry has said that the country is on the lookout for $1 billion worth of investment in renewable energy technology over...
Delegates at the seventh annual Africa Economic Conference (AEC) yesterday highlighted the benefits of investing in “youth potential” across the continent. African Development Bank president Donald...
A leading firm in clean energy investment is hosting an invitation-only event during National Ethical Investment Week. The event will explore a future vision with guest...
In 50 months from now, greenhouse gas concentrations go beyond the point where it would be “likely” we could keep global warming below the dire-danger threshold...
The Bank of America’s wealth management arm, Merrill Lynch, has set ‘investing and values’ as the theme to this year’s edition of its annual Global Investing...
Eight of the world’s largest multilateral development banks have pledged $175 billion (£111 billion) towards improving sustainable transport. The commitment was made at the UN secretary-general...
The recent spate of innovative solar power projects show that the sector is well and truly on the up. And it doesn’t stop there. We’ve got...
Making a sustainable investment is all about considering the effect your money will have in areas other than your bank balance. One particular area of importance...
The grid operators of UK and Denmark are examining the possibility of a power cable running between the two countries so that the pair could share...