Russia has entered the top five of the world’s biggest economies, with its $3.4 trillion GDP leaving fellow European nations behind, according to the World Bank....
Around 1,700 cities, including New York and Miami, will face a ‘watery future’ by the end of the century, with a new study saying sea levels could rise...
New administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Gina McCarthy has sent a strong message to the US, saying that climate change is an “opportunity of...
2013 has been a difficult year for many commodities, with significant declines in the price of gold, aluminium and iron ore, for example. However, we have...
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...
A third of global investment into clean energy took place in Europe in 2012, according to Dutch bank Rabobank. But the shockwaves of the financial crisis...
Biotechnology giant Monsanto is considering reverting back to selling conventional seeds and chemicals in Europe, due to policy uncertainty and opposition from some member states. It...
The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) has rejected a proposal to fund the construction of a coal-fired power plant in Vietnam. The bank’s...
The recession has made teenagers more conscious of environmental and social problems, according to a study in the US. The research, published in the Social Psychological...
Joel Solomon, chair of Renewal Funds, on the morality and responsibility within investment and finance. The first investment I ever made was $25,000 in Stonyfield Farm, an...
British drug company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has come under fire over allegations of bribery in China. But investors still trust the company, which remains a popular choice...
China’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth slowed to 7.5% in the second quarter of 2013, according to economic data released on Monday. The trend is a...
Jennifer Granholm was governor of Michigan between 2002 and 2011. In that time, she was re-elected with the largest number of votes ever cast in the...
The world’s two largest greenhouse gas emitters, the US and China, are to outline joint strategies to tackle climate change, US secretary of state John Kerry...
American anthropologist Margaret Mead’s famous quote about a “small group of thoughtful, committed people” being the only thing that has ever changed the world could have...