With India set to fast-track almost 100 new hydropower plants, and as the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in America prepares to issue further hydroelectric projects across...
Sustainability is probably the most important global issue that is least talked about. In essence it’s the need to follow the care instructions for the planet...
We need to think of empty spaces as blank canvases, rather than shadows of what they once were, argues Fiona King of Healthy Planet. Empty retail...
The long-awaited current account switching service was launched on Monday across 33 banks and building societies, and Tom Revell is on hand with a few handy tools...
David Beckham has united with Prince William and the retired Chinese basketball star Yao Ming to campaign against the illegal ivory trade that is pushing endangered...
Japan has shut down its last remaining operating nuclear reactor today, prompting fears the country may be left with insufficient energy capacity for the winter. Reactor...
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors are “material” in the $47 trillion sovereign debt market, according to a new study by the Principles for Responsible Investment...
Fashion giants have come under fire from campaign groups for not paying compensation to Rana Plaza victims. After the Rana Plaza factory collapsed in April, killing...
Fifty of the 500 largest companies (Global 500) emit three quarters of the 3.6 billion metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions caused by the industry, a...
Canadian author Naomi Klein has accused big green groups of wrongly aligning with corporations and promoting insufficient measures that have led to poor results, in a...
Two newspapers recently claimed that the world is experiencing global cooling rather than warming, as the extent of Arctic ice has increased over 2013. But scientists...
A joint risk briefing by membership organisation Sedex and labour standards NGO Verité claims that fire safety risks are “persistent” across industry sectors and geographies –...
Unity Trust Bank, a specialist bank for civil society, social enterprises, councils and trade unions, has become the first British bank to receive Living Wage employer...
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has spoken out against the luxurious increase of directors’ pensions, which are now 25 times higher than those of ordinary employees....
An environmental campaign group has called proposals to offset the destruction of wildlife “a license to trash nature”. The UK government has announced plans to compensate...