Cancelling the controversial HS2 rail project would cost the UK investment and jobs and result in slower rail services and congested roads, according to a group...
Oil giant BP has had a legal bid rejected to block paying claims made to the firm, after it said some claims from companies were fraudulent....
The energy regulator Ofgem has ordered the big six energy firms to return money owed to former customers. It estimates that at least £400m has been...
Standard Life has said it would consider moving its business operations out of Scotland should the country vote for independence in September’s referendum. The Edinburgh-based financial...
The leaders of some of Britain’s biggest companies have urged the government to address the causes of climate change and encourage investment in low-carbon technologies, in...
The Fairtrade system doesn’t just protect farmers and communities; it also ensures that food production is sustainable for the whole ecosystem, as this is the only...
Sales in the UK’s Fairtrade sector rose by 14% in 2013 compared to the previous year, but campaigners have warned that there is much room for...
In 2001, a new investment index caused controversy when it omitted some of the UK’s leading companies on ethical grounds. Tesco, Safeway and the Royal Bank...
Differences in the way governments, businesses, investors and others interpret the green economy poses barriers to sustainable development, according to a new report. This fragmentation means...
Some of the key players in the tea industry have joined forces to improve sustainability and combat challenges that businesses are facing such as climate change....
The younger generation of jobseekers is increasingly selecting positions within businesses that hold similar ethical values to them, according to Mark Price, managing director of Waitrose...
We hear the above all the time from business leaders, investors, advisers, institutions, asset managers and the financial press. Once you have accepted the lie that...
Businesses urgently need to address their exposure to resource challenges in order to future proof their companies in a resource-constrained world, a new report from the...
Blue & Green Daily finds and summarises the top sustainability stories around the web every morning. We start with our own picks from Blue & Green...
Social enterprises could receive a boost in 2014, after the government laid out its plans to extend tax relief benefits to social enterprises in a bid...