The majority of Australians want their investments and savings to reflect their personal values, according to a survey by fund manager Australian Ethical. Some 62.5% of...
As Australian legislation comes into effect requiring companies to sell cigarettes in plain packs, there are risks that come from investing in tobacco. Just as governments...
Last year, researchers at the National Snow and Ice Data Centre (NSIDC) in the US found that the Arctic sea ice cover was at its lowest ever point....
Following the Doha climate change conference, this month news flow has focused on the 2012 track record of extreme climate conditions and their potential link to...
French president François Hollande has called upon governments across the world to invest heavily in renewable energy in the coming years, in order to avoid the...
The UK could see plastic banknotes in circulation as early as 2015, after the Bank of England revealed details of the process by which future money...
Twenty-eight years ago today, pound notes were discontinued after more than 150 years of circulation. The former chancellor Lord Lawson delivered the news, claiming that the...
The Australian government has announced the launch of a Clean Technology Innovation Programme worth an estimated A$200m (£131m), as it looks to control its greenhouse gas...
Today, June 20, is the summer solstice. Supposedly, we should see more sun today than on another other day of 2012. No doubt the perennially unpredictable...
Delegates from some of the world’s biggest financial organisations assembled at the Landmark Hotel in London yesterday, for a well-versed conference about sustainable finance. The Financial...
Investing is all about highlighting a growth opportunity and then seizing it. With this in mind, a new fund based in Asia is looking to capitalise...
If you are an avid user of Twitter or a reader of Blue & Green Tomorrow down under, you may have heard about an Australian TV...
Australia’s new focus on renewable energy investment is set to drive its economy back towards innovation and counter its late arrival to clean technology. The Clean...