A new report suggests that land grabbing – which involves buying out huge plots of land for the extraction of resources, usually in developing countries –...
Osmosis Investment Management now has £100m of assets – a milestone that the firm believes proves its model is “gaining acceptance among institutional investors”. The organisation...
One of the cleantech industry’s leading intelligence firms has joined forces with Facebook to offer a cash prize for an idea that will help promote clean...
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) yesterday unveiled the “world’s first” open-access renewable energy atlas – a portal for information on resources, infrastructure and policies. Twenty-four...
The resources on which business relies are becoming more difficult to access and more costly. Changing patterns of economic growth and wealth are likely to strain...
Unethical and exploitative behaviours may be understood in terms of short-term profit maximisation, but they now erode a business’ reputation, brand and licence to operate like...
Pseudoscientists, especially those who have books or films to sell, have long declared the end of the current Mayan long count calendar, December 21 2012, as...
We seem to be locked in an endless financial crisis. Starting with a sub-prime housing bubble, complex financial derivatives linked to those assets contaminated global finance,...
One in ten homes in the UK will be powered by the wind in 2015, according to figures released by trade association RenewableUK. The statistics, which...
Global population and consumption growth mean that pressure on the planet’s resources is building all the time. Sustainable, renewable alternatives are few and far between, but...
An incredible opening ceremony represented more than the industrial revolution’s impact on Britain, but the despoiling of our blue and green planet. “Arise, Sir Danny” can...
Taking a fresh look at the elements of the periodic table, a series of short films entitled “94 Elements” aims to bring these important resources out of the...