Canada is lobbying to make oil sands – an energy extraction method that is far more polluting than conventional techniques – accessible to Europe. But according...
China, Japan and South Korea are among six countries that have this week been granted observer status within intergovernmental group the Arctic Council. The organisation, whose...
In the first of a two-part interview, Joanna Boehnert, founder of design research studio EcoLabs, speaks to B> about the visual communication of complex environmental problems....
Over €120 billion (£101 billion) is invested sustainably in Switzerland, Germany and Austria, according to the sustainable investment trade body that covers the three countries. In...
A group of students from the US have urged three prestigious universities to strengthen their investment policies regarding minerals extraction in the Democratic Republic of the...
A proposal by Russia and the US to protect polar bears in Canada was rejected at an international conference on endangered species held this week in...
Arctic sea ice cover shrunk to its lowest ever point in August last year, but a team of researchers have found that the remaining ice also...
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...
Vancouver city council looks set to sign a responsible investment commitment, after voting unanimously to uphold the city’s core values through the companies it invests in....
The Social Investment Organisation (SIO) in Canada has confirmed that the country’s socially responsible investment (SRI) sector has witnessed a 16% growth in just two years....
Nearly 10,000 people have signed an online petition to urge a Canadian magazine to include an ethical investment ranking in its annual university guide, in the...
National Ethical Investment Week might be dominating the headlines this week, but over in Canada, there’s another sustainability-centred event taking place: Eco Fashion Week. Taking place...
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has shelled out nearly £40 billion to oil and gas companies in the last six months, according to research done...
The building momentum of the Earth Summit, or Rio +20, this coming June has gathered considerable ground, with the Canadian Social Investment Organisation, and its partner, Finance...
Climate Change Emissions Management Corporation (CCEMC), a non-profit organisation with the mandate of expanding knowledge of climate change and developing ‘clean’ technologies, is providing $7m to...