If the thought of investing makes you go cold, it might be time for a rethink. As Ruth Styles and Ben Hudson discovered, there’s a growing number of ethical investment funds out there making your money work hard for the planet
… The Ecologist guide to ethical investments Ruth … an impact.’ READ MORE... GREEN LIVING Ecologist guide to courses The path to many … careers begins as a student. Here are the Ecologist's tips for ensuring that your degree …
Environmentalists had waited with baited breath for the Chancellor's 2007 Budget. Gordon Brown had intimated that it would be the 'greenest ever'. In fact, it was a resounding disappointment.
… The Ecologist's 'Real Green Budget' Mark Anslow | … Fair Trade Politics And Economics Society Ecologist_archive_MAIN_3.jpg Environmentalists … or the Government. In response to this, the Ecologist Online has prepared an 'alternative …
An interview with Andrew Higham, chief executive of Mission 2020.
… January 2020 News Change Makers Resurgence & Ecologist Mission 2020 Paris Agreement Climate … a low-carbon transition. Higham told The Ecologist : “There are some really positive … article was first published in Resurgence & Ecologist magazine. Mission 2020 has targeted …
In a major investigation and film, the Ecologist takes a look at how volatile financial speculation on food commodities is causing hunger and poverty in Mexico - and around the world
… 'boom' linked to volatile food prices The Ecologist | 13th September 2011 Comment Food … In a major investigation and film, the Ecologist takes a look at how volatile … through a surge in speculative trading. The Ecologist Film Unit travelled to Mexico - one …
Since the last big climate conference in 2009 the world's biggest private sector banks have provided more than nine more money to fossil fuels than to renewable energy - showing up their oft-repeated 'green finance' promises as little more than PR puff.
… money into fossil fuels than renewables The Ecologist | 3rd November 2015 News Climate … and more than 10,000 individuals. Also on The Ecologist: ' RBS, Barclays, HSBC ... it's time … #fossilfuels than renewables. #QuitCoal The Ecologist http://bit.ly/1LRwHHA Banks must …
A letter from Energy Secretary Amber Rudd leaked to The Ecologist shows that she misled Parliament by promising the UK was 'on course' to deliver on its renewable energy targets - when in fact there is a delivery shortfall in 2020 of almost 25%. Her plan to fill the gap relies on more biofuels, buying in green power and 'credits' from abroad - everything but wind and solar.
… Energy Secretary Amber Rudd leaked to The Ecologist shows that she misled Parliament by … Energy Secretary Amber Rudd leaked to The Ecologist shows that the UK is on track to … to reverse cuts ' Oliver Tickell edits The Ecologist. The papers: PDF of the letters …
Can the cut-throat, speculative world of the stock market be used to hold businesses to account for environmental damage and human rights abuses? Chris Milton investigates for the Ecologist
… abuses? Chris Milton investigates for the Ecologist In November 2009, in a small room at … the capital to make it viable GREEN LIVING Ecologist guide to ethical investments All you … smaller banking sector In an exclusive Ecologist interview, David Boyle and Andrew …
The financial industry has been quick to dismiss its role in pushing up food prices but with the evidence growing daily the Ecologist cuts through the jargon to explain the reality of food speculation
… speculation: how to argue with a banker The Ecologist | 9th June 2011 News Banking Food … but with the evidence growing daily the Ecologist cuts through the jargon to explain …
EDF in the UK may be propelled by its disastrous nuclear ambitions, writes Chris Goodall. But across the Atlantic it's another story: the company is the US's biggest wind developer, and selling its power, profitably, for under 40% of the price it has been promised for Hinkley C, including federal tax credits.
… change, and a frequent contributor to The Ecologist. He blogs at Carbon Commentary . His … is due for publication in 2016. Also on The Ecologist: the Energy Brainpool proposal to … contains some additional reporting by The Ecologist . EDF has just become the largest …
Mark Anslow, Laura Sevier, Dan Box and Matilda Lee profile 10 visionaries with 10 big ideas for a better world.
… The Visionaries The Ecologist | 20th March 2009 News Finance … people in various specialist fields who the Ecologist believes have a demonstrated a clear …
Survey finds global financial decision makers ignoring climate risks and opportunities
… Money men ignoring climate change The Ecologist | 7th January 2010 News Investment … to win me many friends among readers of the Ecologist, but it needs to be said: after …
Nuclear giant EDF can't afford to write off the £2 billion sunk into the Hinkley C nuclear plant, write Paul Brown & Oliver Tickell. So its cunning plan is to turn it into a 'nuclear zombie' - officially a live project, but actually stone cold dead - until EDF can find a way out of the hole it has dug itself into.
… with close contacts within EDF told The Ecologist : "The fact is that EDF is already … News Network. Oliver Tickell edits The Ecologist . Also on The Ecologist ' Unable to raise Hinkley C nuclear …
UK politicians and officials are studiously ignoring the growing evidence that fracking is an economic and environmental disaster, writes Paul Mobbs. As the circle of 'acceptable' view spins ever smaller, industry PR is dominating a phoney debate that's increasingly remote from reality, public opinion and core democratic principles.
… a few months . Last December, I wrote in The Ecologist of how the 'funny money' from … this article is located on FRAW . Also on The Ecologist : ' Parliament's fracking …
Campaigners have forced the biggest shareholder in a titanium mining project on south Africa's 'Wild Coast' to withdraw, reports Rachel Lees. But they now fear the project itself will continue under the auspices of local 'front' companies, while the big profits enrich the British and Australian investors that are the real masters of Africa's neo-colonial minerals boom.
… battle for their land. As documented in the Ecologist in May, Sikosiphi 'Bazooka' Radebem, … drums and musical instruments. Also on The Ecologist: ' The corporate scramble for … is a writer based in London and one of The Ecologist New Voices contributors. She will be …
EDF has indefinitely postponed its Hinkley C nuclear plant in Somerset, England, as a new IEA analysis shows that its power will cost UK energy users three times more than it should, writes Oliver Tickell. A similar reactor in France is running six years late and three times over budget - and may never be completed.
… as much? This is the exact question that The Ecologist put to EDF's media office for … operation in terms of cost and delay." The Ecologist telephoned EDF's corporate press … only hope so. Oliver Tickell edits The Ecologist. By far the biggest obligation, or …
The UK's plan to get China to build and finance new nuclear power stations is based on a wish and a prayer, writes Oliver Tickell. There is no reactor design, including new Chinese ones, that we can depend on to fill our impending power generation gap. This time, the last one out won't even have to turn out the lights.
… in a highly uncertain state. For example The Ecologist has learnt from an industry insider … However as Chris Goodall reported on The Ecologist in July, all current AP1000 projects … out already. Oliver Tickell edits The Ecologist. The Sun's 1992 General Election …
Britain's renewable energy surge will hit the buffers as funding dries up, writes David Toke - while cuts to the energy department's budget will wipe out its ability to guide the UK's low carbon energy transition.
… low carbon transition David Toke The Ecologist | 6th July 2015 News UK Energy … blog page , with additional reporting by The Ecologist . More information on Solar Portal . …
Less than two weeks after the murder of Honduran eco defender Berta Caceres, another indigenous leader has been shot dead during the violent police and military eviction of 150 families from the settled community of Rio Chiquito. International funders of the controversial Agua Zarca hydro project are now backing out..
… Caceres colleague murdered in Honduras The Ecologist | 16th March 2016 News Honduras … immediately." Oliver Tickell edits The Ecologist. Honduran authorities have …
Oil giant BP is the UK's single biggest EU lobbyist, spending over £2 million reaching out to European policy makers in 2014, new figures show. But citing hard times, the company has dropped its controversial sponsorship of the London's Tate Galleries - and more such branding deals may bite the dust.
… spend, drops Tate sponsorship Kyla Mandel The Ecologist | 14th March 2016 News Corporations … by DeSmog.uk with additional reporting by The Ecologist . BP can no longer use Tate's art …
Just as EDF was due to make its 'final investment decision' on Hinkley C, writes Oliver Tickell, another delay. In spite of incredibly generous subsidies, the company is unable to finance it. Its last hope is to persuade the French state to take a 10% stake in the doomed project.
… nuclear power in the UK. As reported on The Ecologist today , The EDF board was due to … gloria mundi. Oliver Tickell edits The Ecologist. EDF managers and employee …
We've lost control of our spending and debt to international bond markets and whoever wins the election won't be able to take it back
… newts will lose Why does this matter to you, Ecologist reader? Because if you are a new … companies whose fortunes I'm following in The Ecologist Stock-Picking Smack-Down™ . A smart …
Parliamentarians and NGOs across Europe have signed joint statements calling for public development banks to respect human rights and stop funding fossil fuels.
… palm oil plantations across DR Congo (as The Ecologist has reported on previously ). … Read the response from the CDC Group at The Ecologist . There has been no joint commitment …
French energy giant EDF will today give the formal go-ahead for the Hinkley C nuclear power station in Somerset, writes Chris Goodall. But that's no reason for the UK to sign up to a disastrous deal that will cost us over £1 billion per year for 35 years - money that should be used to support the green technologies of the future.
… Books. Special offer for readers of The Ecologist: Enter the discount code SWITCHECO … change, and a frequent contributor to The Ecologist. He blogs at Carbon Commentary . … published on openDemocracy and comes to The Ecologist via Carbon Commentary . A few …