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Global Briefing: Google and Brookfield partnership aims to deliver 3GW of US hydropower projects

Global Briefing: Google and Brookfield partnership aims to deliver 3GW of US hydropower projects

Energy
Michael Holder
Michael Holder
clock 18 July 2025 • 6 min read
Sorry, but Richard Tice is right
Politics

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

James Murray
James Murray
clock 18 July 2025 • 5 min read
Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Government moves to tighten nature protections - but do amendments 'still fall short'?
Legislation

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

Stuart Stone
Stuart Stone
clock 18 July 2025 • 10 min read
Hard-right MEPs risk doing serious damage to the EU's climate policy agenda
Politics

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

Andrew Warren
clock 18 July 2025 • 6 min read
Skills

ONS: Number of 'green jobs' in the UK has risen 34 per cent in less than a decade

clock 18 July 2025 • 3 min read
Politics

'Clown car economics': Reform rows back on threat to 'strike down' clean power contracts

clock 18 July 2025 • 4 min read
Climate change

'Systemic failure': Serious water company pollution incidents up 60 per cent in England

clock 18 July 2025 • 6 min read
Management

BusinessGreen Spotlight: New webinar series to launch this autumn

clock 17 July 2025 • 2 min read
Waste

Study: 'Circular-native' businesses growing faster than linear competitors

clock 18 July 2025 • 5 min read
Energy

Labour warns Nigel Farage's 'war on clean energy' would threaten almost one million jobs

clock 18 July 2025 • 3 min read
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A new UK Industrial Strategy, climate transition plans, and the CCC's net zero progress report

A new UK Industrial Strategy, climate transition plans, and the CCC's net zero progress report

Positives from the Spending Review, oceans move up the agenda, and reflections on the UK Green Business Awards 2025

Positives from the Spending Review, oceans move up the agenda, and reflections on the UK Green Business Awards 2025

Nigel Farage's dodgy net zero maths, emissions-saving air traffic control, and what to expect from the Spending Review

Nigel Farage's dodgy net zero maths, emissions-saving air traffic control, and what to expect from the Spending Review

Tony Blair's mis-steps, solar rooftops, and green local election results

Tony Blair's mis-steps, solar rooftops, and green local election results

Analysis
How resilience, data, and governance can build the business case for decarbonisation
Risk

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

clock 17 July 2025 • 6 min read
What's slowing down your net zero journey?
Net Zero Now

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

clock 17 July 2025 • 2 min read
Have reports of an ESG backlash been greatly exaggerated?
Management

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

clock 16 July 2025 • 7 min read
No 'waste' should be wasted in the circular economy
Waste

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

clock 16 July 2025 • 4 min read
Should the UK name heatwaves like storms? It won't make people take them more seriously
Risk

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

clock 16 July 2025 • 4 min read
'This isn't just about one bank': HSBC becomes first major UK bank to quit Net Zero Banking Alliance
Risk

'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

clock 15 July 2025 • 7 min read
Opinion
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Hard-right MEPs risk doing serious damage to the EU's climate policy agenda

Hard-right MEPs risk doing serious damage to the EU's climate policy agenda

Food out of thin air: A more climate and nature-friendly way to feed the world?

Food out of thin air: A more climate and nature-friendly way to feed the world?

Transition finance: The time to have your say is now

Transition finance: The time to have your say is now

Specialist investors have a critical role to play in the climate transition

Specialist investors have a critical role to play in the climate transition

Abundant power, affordable bills: Britain's energy opportunity

Abundant power, affordable bills: Britain's energy opportunity

Editors blog
Sorry, but Richard Tice is right
Politics

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

James Murray
James Murray
clock 18 July 2025 • 5 min read
Zoned out: Has the government made the right decision on zonal pricing?
Energy

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

James Murray
James Murray
clock 10 July 2025 • 7 min read
The EU's new climate targets are flawed, but they deserve celebrating
Legislation

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

James Murray
James Murray
clock 03 July 2025 • 3 min read

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