The Lloyd’s of London insurance market has announced the appointment of its first female chief executive. Inga Beale, who has 30 years’ experience in the industry,...
A survey from the Financial Times supplement FTfm has found that more than half of women working in asset management have been on the receiving end...
In the last year the proportion of women reaching top level management positions in the City of London has doubled, according to research. Women now occupy...
It is six months since one of the world’s worst factory disasters occurred in Bangladesh, killing nearly 1,200 people and affecting thousands more. But what can...
The broadcaster and naturalist Sir David Attenborough has said that people in poorer countries are just as concerned about the environment as those in the developed...
The United Nations has highlighted the important role women play in responding to climate change, during the International Day of Rural Women. Christiana Figueres, executive secretary...
New figures have revealed that the UK is making good progress towards achieving its target of having 25% of boardrooms at top companies made up of...
Male managers received double the bonuses and 25% better salaries than females in similar roles in the last 12 months, according to new data. This is...
The UK economy is missing out on a major boost by society’s failure to encourage more women to set up their own businesses, according to new...
We were surprised* to turn on BBC2’s Newsnight on Wednesday and be plunged into a debate about pornography. We shuddered as Jeremy Paxman rolled his tongue around...
Bank of England governor Mark Carney has said the big banks have to change their culture in order to play a more socially and economically useful...
Early 19th century author Jane Austen will be the face of the next set of £10 notes, the Bank of England has announced. The decision to...
As the Bank of England embarks on a new era under Mark Carney, some have contested its decision to remove Elizabeth Fry’s image from £5 notes,...
As chief executive of the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF), Penny Shepherd became known as one of the industry’s foremost authorities in the sector....
Doug Balfour, CEO of philanthropic consulting firm Geneva Global, writes about the power of collective action in tackling key international development challenges. You can’t travel around the...