As chief executive of the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF), Penny Shepherd became known as one of the industry’s foremost authorities in the sector....
My son William (or Will, Wills, Willhelm, the Willmeister) is four years old today. He’s going to grow up in a radically different world to the...
With clean energy sources set to produce more power than gas and nuclear by 2016, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has revealed that emerging economies will eventually...
Private investor Darren Hall explains his motivations for investing in the Converging World, a charity that aims to enable and fund community activity in sustainable resources. A...
Sustainability leader Ceres has published a blueprint for asset owners and pension funds, in which it suggests strategies for dealing with the risks that derive from...
It was 56 years ago today that a 25-year Medical Research Council study confirmed that smoking caused cancer. Tobacco firms rejected the assertion as a ‘matter...
Savings or cuts of £11.5 billion were announced today for the spending period 2015/2016. With the lowest interest rates in history, spare capacity in the economy,...
Although some progress has been made, the UK may miss its fourth carbon target for 2020 without strong measures for a low-carbon economy, according to the...
Barack Obama gave what many consider to be the most important speech of his presidency on Tuesday, declaring his commitment to tackle climate change and save...
Barack Obama has ordered new curbs on carbon emissions from power plants and has vowed to act on climate change. To back up his stance, the...
Welcome to Blue & Green Tomorrow’s Guide to Climate Change 2013. As one of the defining issues not just of our generation, but of recent human...
Welcome to Blue & Green Tomorrow’s Guide to Climate Change 2013. As one of the defining issues not just of our generation, but of recent human history, manmade...
An insurance industry thinktank has warned that the warming of the oceans and extreme weather are changing the attitude of insurance and reinsurance companies, as parts...
Doug Balfour, CEO of philanthropic consulting firm Geneva Global, writes about the power of collective action in tackling key international development challenges. You can’t travel around the...
One of the criticisms of solar power and other renewable energies are their apparent status as ‘subsidy junkies’; another is their efficiency. In a recent interview,...