Policy articles

Top execs at Shell, Unilever, BT, EDF Energy, and Kingfisher amongst those urging Prime Minister to leave the fourth carbon budget alone

06 Mar 2014

MPs urge Bank to investigate threat as UN climate change chief accuses some oil and gas majors of neglecting their fiduciary duty

06 Mar 2014

Long-awaited consultation on changes to the Energy Company Obligation published, as Davey promises more streamlined Green Deal

06 Mar 2014

"Our shared ambition is to build one of the least wasteful, most energy efficient, most climate friendly societies in the developed world"

06 Mar 2014

For all the ambitious sustainability improvements that are possible at a corporate level, such efforts will still be undermined by inconsistent statements from the Government, writes Sir Ian Cheshire

06 Mar 2014

Christiana Figueres, head of the UNFCCC, urges businesses to take their message directly to heads of state

06 Mar 2014

Katja Hall's speech to Ecobuild:"Investment and job creation must be undertaken as part of our low-carbon transition, not in spite of it"

05 Mar 2014

The CBI and EEF support the low carbon economy, but they need a better approach to tackling competitiveness issues than simply attacking carbon taxes

05 Mar 2014

CBI and EEF insist they are committed to building a low carbon economy, but warn action must be taken to tackle high industrial energy costs

05 Mar 2014

Campaigners urge MEPs to reject new proposal where airlines would only have to submit carbon allowances for flights between EU airports

05 Mar 2014

Bob Ward seeks 100,000 signatures to support call for the creation of a dedicated fund to help the UK cope with escalating climate change threats

05 Mar 2014

Green Alliance report says spike in food and energy prices added 0.5 per cent to inflation rate and will worsen if UK fails to tackle escalating resource risks

04 Mar 2014

Support equally high for investment in energy efficiency and targets for renewable energy, according to new EU poll

04 Mar 2014

Andrew Warren, director of the Association for the Conservation of Energy, reveals how the government's energy efficiency blind spot has now hit Whitehall's own energy-saving efforts

04 Mar 2014

US authorities claim new standards will result in health savings worth up to $19bn a year

04 Mar 2014