Opinion articles

Tom Burke argues that a narrow cost-benefit analysis and an obsession with carbon pricing is steering politicians away from the action climate change demands

04 Dec 2013

Peter Michaelis of Alliance Trust Investments explains why waste technologies present an attractive and under-appreciated investment category

03 Dec 2013

Green Alliance's William Andrews Tipper argues scaling back energy efficiency schemes will only protect politicians, not bill payers

02 Dec 2013

Guy Newey of Policy Exchange warns that the green movement can not allow climate change rows to draw attention from wider, and related, environmental concerns

29 Nov 2013

Vanessa Havard-Williams and Sir Nigel Knowles of the Legal Sector Alliance reveal how the sector is set to play an ever more important role in shaping the global low carbon transition

28 Nov 2013

The wind industry is booming and jobs are being created, argues RenewableUK's Maria McCaffery, all that is needed now is for the government to seize the opportunity

25 Nov 2013

The Green Party's Natalie Bennett argues the answer to the current energy bills debate is obvious, energy conservation

22 Nov 2013

Shaun Kingsbury, chief executive of the UK Green Investment Bank, urges companies to engage with institutions' new suite of green policies

22 Nov 2013

PwC's Jonathan Grant takes stock of COP19, including an unusually high profile for coal at a climate summit

21 Nov 2013

Tristram Stuart explains why emissions savings from using waste food as pigs swill should not be snorted at

21 Nov 2013

Friends of the Earth argues that while the economic case for climate action is compelling, business leaders need to remember there is also a moral argument to be made

20 Nov 2013

Simon Graham explores the energy "quadrillema" and concludes energy efficiency should provide the answer

18 Nov 2013

Andrew Warren of the Association for the Conservation of Energy warns that any move to scrap ECO would hurt the wider green economy

14 Nov 2013

Frank Ellingsen of CO2 Technology Centre Mongstad argues that renewables and CCS technologies should be natural allies

13 Nov 2013

Green Alliance's Jonny Hazell argues the circular economy can only be delivered when businesses wake up to the value of collaboration

12 Nov 2013

Dr. Graeme Sweeney of the Zero Emissions Platform urges policymakers to deliver the signals needed for a successful CCS industry

11 Nov 2013

Commercial Group's Simon Graham argues more and more businesses are seeing that the benefits associated with switching to cleaner fleets extend beyond the bottom line

08 Nov 2013

"The government made a commitment to the environment, and we must now stay the course"

07 Nov 2013

Cleantech Group's Stefanie Krieger reveals how this week's Clean and Cool trade mission has uncovered some of the secrets of doing business in one of the world's fastest-growing green economies

07 Nov 2013

Bob Ward explores the recent report on carbon pricing and argues that a consolidation of carbon pricing policies is long overdue

06 Nov 2013

Mike Hogg of DONG Energy Sales argues businesses should take advantage of the current focus on energy bills to reinvigorate efficiency efforts

04 Nov 2013