Storebrand, a major Norwegian pension fund and insurance firm, is to divest from 11 palm oil companies following deforestation and sustainability concerns. According to Bloomberg, the...
By investing in unethical companies, public sector pension schemes are letting down their employees, according to Friends of the Earth Scotland. Their comments follow an investigation...
Australian scientists are attaching minute sensors to honeybees to track their movements, in an effort to improve understanding of what is causing the potentially devastating loss...
The Post Office is to extend its current account pilot to over 100 stores giving consumers another alternative option to the major banks. Some 81 branches...
Investors are unintentionally affected by a company’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) profile when assessing its fundamental value, a new study has shown. Accounting professors from the...
McDonald’s has set itself a target of only buying “verified sustainable beef” from 2016, though some commentators have questioned the authenticity of such claims. In a...
Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, worth $820 billion (£498 billion), is reportedly close to receiving approval for expansion into more asset classes in a bid to meet...
Global venture capital investment in clean technology (cleantech) totalled $6.8 billion (£4.1 billion) in 2013, with energy efficiency, transportation and solar the most profitable sectors, according...
ShareAction has called on the Law Commission to provide a more “holistic statement” on the fiduciary duties of investment intermediaries. The charity’s comments are part of...
Executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Christiana Figueres has urged governments and industries to “do their homework” in tackling climate change,...
Catholic churches across the US have launched an initiative that will seek to uncover the role of religion in tackling manmade climate change and its wider...
Tripling taxes on tobacco around the world could prevent some 200m premature deaths from smoking-related illnesses this century, researchers have said. In a review published by...
The lord mayor of London has warned that London risks falling behind competitors if it fails to embrace diversity in its business culture. The Power of...
A poll has revealed that more than half of the British public admit they are guilty of throwing away items that they thought could have been...
One in three people worldwide are now overweight, with the number of obese individuals rising to nearly a billion in developing countries that are experiencing increasing...