Top of the agenda for many big firms across Britain and the world in recent years is to find ways to help reduce their environmental footprint and become more sustainable. This has been driven by consumer demand for change and warnings over irreversible damage by large companies, who can make small improvements to help that … Read more
BP’s decision to take a write-off of up to $17billion (£14billion) on some of its exploration assets underlines the direction of travel among both the fossil fuel industry and investors currently. The oil major’s decision follows a revision of its long-term price forecasts and were a reality check that many of these projects won’t be … Read more
IMPAX ENVIRONMENTAL MARKETS: Green fund that knows how to stay in the black By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:31 BST, 20 June 2020 | Updated: 22:31 BST, 20 June 2020 Investment house Impax Asset Management has been investing in environmentally-friendly companies for more than 20 years. Listed on London’s Alternative Investment … Read more
Queen wins battle with environmental protestors to build two-megawatt hydroelectric turbine on her 50,000-acre Balmoral estate Her Majesty has wanted to build a two-megawatt generator on the River Muick The hydroelectric turbine will generate £650,000’s worth of power a year The generator will power her 50,000-acre Balmoral estate in Scotland Environmentalists feared it would be … Read more
Campaigners say Barclays ‘pulling wool over eyes of shareholders’ with its commitment to being more environmentally friendly By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:10 BST, 30 March 2020 | Updated: 22:10 BST, 30 March 2020 Barclays is ‘pulling the wool over the eyes of shareholders’ with its commitment to being more environmentally friendly, … Read more