Environmental campaigners have hit out at the government after a freedom of information (FOI) request revealed a string of emails between government officials and leaders from...
David Cameron has defended the government’s position on bankers’ bonuses at the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), but said he would veto any attempt by the...
The Labour party has called on the government to act upon EU rules that would cap the bonuses paid to banking executives. Chris Leslie MP, Labour’s...
Buying food from local sources will help retailers and consumers avoid scandals akin to the horsemeat contamination of British food products in 2013, the chair of...
The government has come under fire over claims that it is “bribing” local authorities across the UK, by allowing them to keep 100% of business rates...
The Investment Management Association’s (IMA) latest investment statistics show a 20% increase in the amount invested in ethical retail funds in the year to November 2013....
The Chinese government has revealed that 3.33m hectares of its land – an area nearly as large as Belgium – is too polluted to grow crops,...
The majority of investment fund managers are confident that domestic shale gas production will help lower consumer energy bills. However, of the 200 fund managers questioned,...
Sustainable investors could bring about radical changes to the way the financial community values fossil fuel assets, if enough become concerned about a potential bubble. According...
A quarter of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in Britain are heading into 2014 with sustainability among their top three priorities for the coming year....
The Environment Agency has warned that some parts of the UK remain at risk of flooding well into next week, with many regions already suffering at...
A particularly blustery December in the UK proved to be beneficial for wind power, as a surge in energy generation saw a number of records broken,...
The archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has said that Pope Francis, who was elected in March, is his person of the year, describing him as an...
The Met Office’s chief scientist Julia Slingo and sustainable design expert Kevin McCloud top a long list of sustainability leaders recognised in the New Year’s honours...
As weather warnings continue to be issued for the storms expected in the run-up to New Year’s Eve, Friends of the Earth has warned that the...