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Global Briefing: Google and Brookfield partnership aims to deliver 3GW of US hydropower projects
18 July 2025
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6 min read
Sorry, but Richard Tice is right
Reform's approach to climate change and clean energy is dangerously reckless and laughably incompetent, but Richard Rice is right to warn it would introduce political risk for businesses and investors
18 July 2025
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5 min read
Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Government moves to tighten nature protections - but do amendments 'still fall short'?
Government backs fresh safeguards to strengthen legal tests for Environmental Delivery Plans - but green groups argue welcome moves to bolster nature protections do not go far enough
18 July 2025
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10 min read
Hard-right MEPs risk doing serious damage to the EU's climate policy agenda
MEPs in the hard-right Patriots for Europe grouping have been given the rapporteur role that could prove hugely influential in shaping the EU's 2040 climate target legislation, writes Andrew Warren
18 July 2025
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6 min read
ONS: Number of 'green jobs' in the UK has risen 34 per cent in less than a decade
18 July 2025
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3 min read
'Clown car economics': Reform rows back on threat to 'strike down' clean power contracts
18 July 2025
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4 min read
'Systemic failure': Serious water company pollution incidents up 60 per cent in England
18 July 2025
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6 min read
BusinessGreen Spotlight: New webinar series to launch this autumn
17 July 2025
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2 min read
Study: 'Circular-native' businesses growing faster than linear competitors
18 July 2025
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5 min read
Labour warns Nigel Farage's 'war on clean energy' would threaten almost one million jobs
18 July 2025
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3 min read
How resilience, data, and governance can build the business case for decarbonisation
Latest BusinessGreen event sees experts explore how shifting the focus of arguments in support of sustainability can help overcome cost barriers to climate action
17 July 2025
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6 min read
What's slowing down your net zero journey?
Partner insight: Verco’s new, online assessment helps you prioritise your net zero barriers and provides expert advice on the next steps towards your sustainability goals
17 July 2025
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2 min read
Have reports of an ESG backlash been greatly exaggerated?
Major new survey shows 80 per cent of UK business leaders still regard sustainability as core to their strategy, while over half plan to increase investment on environmental action
16 July 2025
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7 min read
No 'waste' should be wasted in the circular economy
Partner Insight: Carbon capture and storage from energy from waste plants can help support a truly circular economy, writes enfinium CEO Mike Maudsley
16 July 2025
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4 min read
Should the UK name heatwaves like storms? It won't make people take them more seriously
Naming heatwaves may increase awareness of climate risks, but it could be dismissed by the public as sensationalist
16 July 2025
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4 min read
'This isn't just about one bank': HSBC becomes first major UK bank to quit Net Zero Banking Alliance
Green finance groups fear HSBC's exit from the net zero industry group could see the banking sector's 'dangerous rollback' on climate action cross the Atlantic
15 July 2025
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7 min read
Sorry, but Richard Tice is right
Reform's approach to climate change and clean energy is dangerously reckless and laughably incompetent, but Richard Rice is right to warn it would introduce political risk for businesses and investors
18 July 2025
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5 min read
Zoned out: Has the government made the right decision on zonal pricing?
The government has rejected proposals for a zonal pricing regime, but without further reforms the challenges zonal pricing were meant to address will continue to hamper the clean energy transition
10 July 2025
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7 min read
The EU's new climate targets are flawed, but they deserve celebrating
The European Commission's proposal to cut emissions 90 per cent by 2040 contains loopholes, but it still promises to be transformational for the green economy
03 July 2025
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3 min read
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