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Housebuilder Keepmoat’s sustainability coordinator reflects on her start as a 'green champion' in the NHS, and how AI is playing an increasingly important role in crunching green numbers

Report from MSCI warns heat-related labour-productivity losses are already equivalent to two per cent of global GDP, and are set to rise sharply in the coming years

Ipsos poll commissioned by Santander UK finds many households lack confidence or support needed to invest in climate resilience measures at home

Tech firms jointly develop new suite of products to boost household energy efficiency

Bupa and Norman Foster Foundation extend partnership to help cities trial urban greening, active travel infrastructure, and public cooling projects

Flood Action Online service launched to mark start of Flood Action Week, as government pledges to improve protection for 200,000 properties

Andrew Warren explains how the Shadow Chancellor's claim weakening building standards will result in more affordable homes is based on some deeply questionable assumptions and ignores the cost savings more efficient homes deliver

New funding to enable increased production of low carbon cement, which promises to cut emissions in half

Plus: New York hails building emissions progress; Singapore launches green levy for flights; and MEPs set out their COP31 priorities, in our round up of the top green business news from around the world this week.

Reforms aim to ensure Natural England's advice for planning proposals is focused on areas that 'present the greatest risks or opportunities for nature'