Today, one year after deadly Samarco dam disaster, Brazilians and other affected communities protest against BHP Billiton in London. A farmer and a Franciscan affected by...
Investors responsible for more than $8 trillion have called on mining giants Anglo American, Glencore and Rio Tinto to be more transparent over climate change risks...
Axa has announced its intention to triple its investments in green technologies and to divest funds from coal investments, citing concerns over climate change as one...
The US president has officially signed a memorandum to expand a marine reserve in the Pacific Ocean, banning all kinds of commercial-scale activities such as fishing...
The construction of a new wave of coal plants designed to burn Europe’s reserves of lignite could scupper the EU’s efforts to curb climate change, campaigners...
In a landmark ruling, the Indian Supreme Court has declared that all coal licences issued by successive governments between 1993 and 2010 were “not fair and...
Students and environmentalists have condemned Sydney University for its $900,000 (£504,000) investment in a controversial coal mine. According to Greenpeace, the leading Australian university has confirmed...
The amount of mercury in the upper ocean has tripled since the industrial revolution, according to a new study that leaves little doubt that humans are...
An investigation by Greenpeace has found two Chinese coal mines are breaching environmental protection laws and nature reserve regulations. The organisation says the mining operations are...
In 1911, the Briton Robert Falcon Scott and the Norwegian Roald Amundsen raced to the South Pole. Amundsen’s expedition made it in December, Scott’s ill-fated party –...
Research conducted by consultancy firm EY has deemed the lack of access to water, especially in South America and Africa, as the greatest risk to sustainability...
Proposed plans for a copper and gold mine in Alaska have been stopped by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as it would contaminate an ancient...
Since 2011, companies around the world have spent more than $84 billion (£49bn) to improve the way they conserve, manage or obtain water, according to a new...
The state of Oklahoma has been subject to a sudden surge in earthquakes, with a report linking the rise in wastewater, caused by unconventional gas and...
New analysis of sustainable and responsible investment (SRI) suggests it has reached the mainstream. In terms of performance, sustainable stocks are already beating their unsustainable counterparts...