Key global figures who will shape the outcome of December’s United Nations climate conference in Paris later this year came together for the first time at...
Goldman Sachs, Johnson & Johnson, NIKE, Inc., Procter & Gamble, Salesforce, Starbucks, Steelcase, Voya Financial, and Walmart have today joined RE100, pledging to source 100% of...
The majority of Americans would support new government guidelines to cut pollution from power plants, unveiled on Monday, even if they raise their energy bills, according to...
A group of 128 companies and 49 investors, worth $800 billion in assets, has sent letters of support to Barack Obama, backing the president’s new guidelines...
An investigation by Greenpeace has revealed that football merchandise produced for this summer’s World Cup by some leading sports brands contain hazardous chemicals. Well-known brands such...
Mark Zuckerberg has topped a list ranking the biggest charitable donations by individual US philanthropists in 2013, after handing $990m (£596m) worth of Facebook shares to...
Solid wall homes from the 1950s could become more energy efficient if new research, which is set to be tested in Northern Ireland, is successful. The...
David Bent, director of sustainable business at Forum for the Future, describes the new frontier for leading companies. In my 10 years at Forum for the Future,...
Since the first ethical investment fund launched in 1985, screening out so-called ‘sin stocks’ such as tobacco, arms, alcohol and pornography, sustainable and responsible investment (SRI)...
Sportswear brand Nike has launched a new app for iPhones called Making, which allows users to check the environmental impact of the materials used in its...
A selection of high-profile fashion brands has teamed up with the Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles to form a partnership to improve...
Offering investments linked to stock markets for the first time, Triodos Bank has developed two new ethical funds that allow investors to select which end of...