Business & Market headlines

As delegates at African climate change conference are criticised for not offsetting, events management experts insist buying offsets should become standard practice
29 Aug 2008

Proposals to reduce traffic emissions by tweaking insurance options and tackling urban sprawl are on the drawing board
29 Aug 2008
New team to develop Treasury's green policy and manage new Clean Technology Fund
29 Aug 2008Green energy provider to step up marketing efforts around efficiency of home heat generation and launches online shop
29 Aug 2008Green groups welcome move but say Boris Johnson must focus efforts on cutting carbon emissions
29 Aug 2008Democrat candidate for US presidency promises to end US addiction to oil
29 Aug 2008AVA Solar comes up with $104m funding for itself, on the heels of Nanosolar making a similar announcement
29 Aug 2008Clean Power Technologies using steam to capture waste heat energy from combustion engines in refrigeration trucks
29 Aug 2008As pressure for transparent carbon reporting grows, US energy giant agrees to disclose analysis of climate risks arising from new coal-fired power plant
29 Aug 2008Car hire giant Enterprise Rent-A-Car pumps cash into algal biofuel research as it seeks to secure long-term sustainable fuel supplies
28 Aug 2008Carbon Disclosure Project initiative will see public sector bodies contact suppliers with requests for information about their climate change strategies
28 Aug 2008Country's site to generate around 354MW by the end of 2009, despite being slow to extend its green energy incentives
28 Aug 2008Just in time delivery models abandoned as firms attempt to cut fuel bills and carbon emissions through increased inventory levels
28 Aug 2008Local opposition to one gigawatt scheme quashed as government looks to meet CHP targets
28 Aug 2008"Negotiating text" likely to be in place by the end of the year as delegates signal support for forestry schemes
28 Aug 2008