British firm BP has announced it has made a “significant oil discovery” at the Gila prospect in the Gulf of Mexico – its first since US...
Lawyers representing claimants in the Deepwater Horizon trial have accused their counterparts defending the oil giant BP of omitting material. They argue that BP’s legal team...
ShareAction, a campaign group for responsible investment, has launched a protest against the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), urging the group to increase its green investment allocation....
The British government has backed BP in a dispute over a ban that prevents the oil giant from winning US federal contracts, imposed by the US...
BP has succeeded in persuading US courts to grant it an injunction for the suspension of payments made to some claimants of the Deepwater Horizon spill....
The comments come after a reversal of legal tactics by the oil giant, which was responsible for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, in its...
Swiss sustainability rating agency Inrate has released a new index that ranks Stoxx Europe 50 companies on their environmental and social performances. Companies from the clothing,...
The devastation in the Philippines reminds us of our responsibility to stop profiting from the wreckage caused by companies whose business plan includes destroying the planet,...
Oil traders in the US have launched a legal battle against companies accused of fixing the price of Brent crude oil, including BP and Shell. The...
The global oil refining industry has been hit by squeezed margins, with three of the biggest oil companies reporting falling third-quarter profits on Thursday. Royal Dutch...
Oil giant BP has revealed a $1m increase in profits for the third quarter of 2013, compared to the second, but a loss compared to the...
British universities have strong connections to the fossil fuels industry, with the equivalent of £2,083 invested for each UK student in the sector, according to a...
Gary Horvitz, an activist working on 350.org’s divestment campaign in the US, looks at why Harvard University is so seemingly reluctant to ditch its investments in...
The sustainable investment industry has come a long way from its purely ethical roots. No longer is it simply about screening out the bad guys, as...
A former manager of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig has pleaded guilty to destroying evidence regarding the explosion in 2010 which claimed the lives of 11 workers. Anthony Badalamenti, 62,...