The UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) has published the policies that will underpin its investment strategy. It says each investment will be assessed, continuously monitored and...
The same city that the Economist magazine labelled an “urban ghost” in October has been named city of culture for 2017. For Hull – sometimes forgotten and...
A new FTSE Index has been launched in an effort to make it easier for investors to identify and put their money into companies that have...
BankToTheFuture.com is a new initiative that lets people invest as little as £10 in private companies, and have more say over what happens to their savings and...
Richard Griffiths of Parity Projects writes about the important and necessary steps you need to take to create an efficient, low-carbon and comfortable home. This article originally...
A senior IT analyst at Greenpeace has welcomed efforts by Facebook and Apple to clean up their environmental footprints. Speaking at an event on Wednesday, Gary...
Britain’s countryside may be the “unacknowledged backbone” of its national identity, but Prince Charles has said he fears for its future. The landscape is “as precious...
Anglo-Dutch consumer goods firm Unilever has announced that by the end of 2014, any palm oil in its products will be traceable in order to determine...
Stock exchanges across the world, in both developed and emerging markets, are increasingly at the forefront in developing sustainability initiatives, according to a new report. EIRIS,...
Mortgages aren’t everyone’s first choice of specialist subject. Most people see them as an important but uninspiring means to an end: owning a home. But what...
The level of engagement between sustainability functions in businesses and important internal and external stakeholders is low, according to a survey. Low levels of engagement can...
David Powell, economics campaigner at Friends of the Earth, on asking investors awkward questions about the urgency of climate change, in an effort to start doing things...
European countries must quickly develop more ambitious plans for retrofitting buildings with energy efficiency measures, according to campaigners and a leading international council. With just six...
The survival rate of a newly born enterprise in its first three years is around two-thirds. This drops to well under half at the five-year mark....
We are dramatically altering the planet and environment on which society’s prosperity depends – yet talk to the ‘man at the pub’, and he’s apathetic, inert...