Swedish furniture store Ikea has purchased an Irish wind farm, signalling its intention to crack the renewable energy industry in the UK and Ireland. The development,...
As we take a break over the summer from publishing our guides, we’re looking for contributions from readers on a variety of different topics relating to...
Almost 160,000 complaints were referred to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) from consumers between April and June – the majority of which were about mis-sold payment...
As retail giant Morrisons prepares to launch its online grocery service, the firm’s chief executive Dalton Phillips has spoken about about the “massive disadvantage” high street retailers...
It is almost five years since the collapse of Lehman Brothers, but only now are we seeing the first stirrings of something that was almost universally...
Energy Bond PLC is issuing a £7.5m bilateral loan agreement (Energybonds) to retail investors at an interest rate of 7.5%. The loan is intended to finance...
Consumers may soon be able measure the environmental impact of the products they buy, thanks to a smartphone app currently being developed at a UK university....
Capitalism works when there is lots of competition. Capitalism thrives through innovation and creative destruction of the status quo. Monopolistic and oligopolistic incumbents are a threat...
The final shortlist for the 2013 People and Environment Awards for Business (PEABs) has been unveiled. Helen Tandy, financial adviser at Gaeia, and the Co-operative Group...
The Co-operative Group has launched its ethical plan for 2013-2015, in which it sets itself new sustainability targets on its way to being “the most socially...
A report by the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) has examined sustainability practices across the retail industry. The study, 2013 Retail Sustainability Report: Fuelling Continuous Development,...
The Cooperative report shows that the market for ethical goods and services has remained resilient throughout the economic downturn as a progressive core of retailers and...
For the final day of Climate Week, we get you looking the part while doing your part. It's hard to imagine fashion being sustainable. In fact,...
This week is Climate Week and one novel initiative this year challenges people to be more environmentally friendly by eating a low carbon meal. But why...
A drinks can recycling programme for people ‘on the go’, has revealed that in 2011 it collected 51 million used cans that otherwise may not have...