The International Association of Investors in the Social Economy (INAISE) has said that social financing “is working”, ahead of its annual conference at which it will...
China and the United States, the two most polluting countries in the world, have entered a new phase of talks around how to cut carbon emissions,...
Charlene Cranny of the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF) reports on events at the organisation’s recent conference in Edinburgh. The first UKSIF Edinburgh conference...
Low-income countries are working to improve sustainability and build resilience to climate change, but more investment in needed, the Institute for Environment and Development (IED) has...
A platform for world-changing ideas or a “recipe for civilisational disaster”? TED, the popular conference series that shares “ideas worth spreading”, divides opinion – but the...
Nominations are open for the Transformational Business Awards 2014, hosted by the Financial Times (FT) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and taking place at the...
Three leading social entrepreneurs have been presented with awards to celebrate the impact individuals have in making social change happen across the world. The trio received...
Anti-poverty campaign groups, the World Development Movement and Jubilee South have welcomed Scotland’s commitment to climate justice ahead of an international conference in Edinburgh. However, the...
Scientists from across the globe gathered last week at a conference in the Netherlands to address the issue of global food security, discussing how their fields...
David Cameron closed the Conservative party conference in Manchester on Wednesday with a keynote speech that gave support to business, as well shale gas extraction by...
A controversial scheme that aims to boost the housing market, by allowing people in England to take out 95% mortgages, will be launched this week, three...
Scrapping plans to build the controversial HS2 rail link would be “a disaster”, the transport secretary has warned, as David Cameron admitted there is a limit...
The chancellor George Osborne has said that he does not want the UK to be at the forefront of efforts to prevent climate change, as the...
The controversial HS2 high speed rail project has been “totally mismanaged” and should be dropped if there are better ways to spend the £50 billion required,...
Martin Wolf of the Financial Times is an exceptional journalist, and considered one of the most influential writers on economics in the world. In a witty...