The Trussell Trust has revealed it gave out nearly a million food parcels in 2013, up from 347,000 the year before, with most food bank users...
Renewable energy crowdfunding platform Abundance Generation has unveiled a new project, Engynious Schools, which will put solar panels on 19 schools across England and allow investors...
A national strategy to adapt Britain’s coastlines to the rising sea levels and extreme weather that are expected as a result of climate change is “urgently...
ResponsibleTravel.com has launched a petition against keeping dolphins and whales in marine parks, saying it is “ethically wrong”. It is the latest in a series of...
A number of public figures have joined Animal Defenders International (ADI) in asking the government to hurry up in banning wild animals from performing in circuses...
Scientists from the University of Cambridge believe they have identified the region of the brain that leads to problem gambling. The research could change the way...
The shadow leader of the House of Commons has pledged that Labour would repeal the controversial lobbying bill, which she says restricts freedom of speech in...
Economic growth does not always result in social progress, according to a new global study. The research ranks New Zealand as the most socially advanced country...
Investors worried about the impacts of coal and natural gas projects on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef could consider divesting from the companies involved, a senior BlackRock...
Some of the world’s leading and most advanced electric and hybrid cars will descend on Exeter next month, where the public will be given the opportunity...
World hunger could be prolonged for decades because our global food system is “woefully” unprepared for the impacts of climate change, an Oxfam report has warned....
Siemens has announced a £160m investment in an offshore wind turbine manufacturing plant in Hull, which is set to create 1,000 direct jobs and many more...
The Labour party has been urged to earn its place in government at the 2015 general election by adopting a bold vision for a “more equal...
Marks & Spencer is among four UK firms named on the annual World’s Most Ethical (WME) companies list, published by the Ethisphere Institute thinktank. Companies must...
The crisis in Crimea could cause instability and unrest in the Middle East and North Africa by causing a spike in global food prices, researchers from...