Good Companies Guide: easing the planet’s growing pains will help business to profit

Crop harvesting in Germany. A shortage of arable farmland is leading to intercontinental ‘land grabs’ creating greater pressure on the environment and provoking political crises. Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty Images A few diehards in the City still think sustainability is just for... 

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Coutts investigated by Financial Services Authority

Jeremy Clarkson was among those who saved with Coutts. Photograph: Murdo Macleod for the Guardian Royal Bank of Scotland’s private banking arm Coutts, which counts the Queen among its clients, is being investigated by the Financial Services Authority over the sale of savings products... 

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High street sales hit three-year high, says CBI

A CBI survey has revealed high street sales growing at their fastest pace since 2007 boosted by summer sales and warm weather. Photograph: Luke MacGregor/Reuters Retail sales are growing at the fastest pace in three years, boosted by summer sales, warm weather and the school holidays. The Confederation... 

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Investments definition of Investments by the Free Online

inĀ·vestĀ·ment nv st m nt n The act of investing An amount invested 3 Property or another possession acquired for future financial return or benefitInvestments definition of Investments by the Free Online...

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Squirrel meat flies off supermarket’s shelves

Squirrel meat is proving popular in a north London supermarket. Photograph: Mike Hutchings/Reuters The owner of a local Budgens supermarket has defended selling squirrel meat as a sustainable way of feeding people and says it has a “lovely” taste. Andrew Thornton, started selling... 

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