Essex councillors have criticised the council’s decision to invest £5m of its £3.6 billion pension fund in large tobacco companies. A number of members have called...
Concern about climate change is growing among US investors, with many putting pressure on companies involved in environmentally risky activities to address key sustainability challenges. Shareholders...
Pope Francis has urged the Brazilian government to treat the Amazon as a “garden” and to help protect its environment and native people. As 3 million...
Current government policies on oil and gas extraction in the Arctic are failing to protect the fragile region and take into account numerous safety fears, according...
Early 19th century author Jane Austen will be the face of the next set of £10 notes, the Bank of England has announced. The decision to...
Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general, has used a speech at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Wall Street to encourage the investment industry to opt...
Five of the big six energy companies have dealt a blow to domestic carbon reduction efforts in the UK, by pulling the plug on their renewable...
Fracking firm Cuadrilla has revealed it will begin a process of “exploratory drilling” for shale gas on Saturday, at its Balcombe site in Sussex. The firm, a leader...
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) SE100 Index is launching a new service that will allow social investors to track the financial, social and environmental performance...
Leading financial services firm UBS has released a report that outlines its commitment to sustainable investment – which it says “has entered the mainstream”. The report uses...
A comprehensive study of divers and anglers has found that protecting marine habitats around the UK will bring about significant economic benefits, as well as preserving...
Five US states have made it compulsory for insurers paying out more than $100m a year to complete a survey on climate-related risks. The ruling covers...
Leading multinational energy firms Chevron and ExxonMobil are lagging well behind competitors when it comes to addressing sustainability issues, according to a new study, which says...
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...
The government must take resource risk seriously in order to create a sustainable manufacturing economy that is focused on the long-term, according to a new report...