Business Green

Study: World is on track to reach net zero - but not until the 2090s

Risk

06 October 2026 • 4 min read

Policy

Reports: Treasury preps additional energy bill support for low income households

The Guardian reports Chancellor is working on plans to increase Warm Homes Discount, but proposals to move levies off energy bills continue to face resistance

James Murray

07 October 2026 • 5 min read

Efficiency

Tory claims dropping the Future Homes Standard will save buyers £50,000 simply don't add up

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

Andrew Warren

06 October 2026 • 6 min read

Carbon Accounting

Sustainability reporting does not guarantee sustainability progress

Growing regulatory and stakeholder pressure for disclosure has delivered more corporate sustainability data - the opportunity now is to get more from it, writes Sphera's Stefan Premer

Stefan Premer, Sphera

07 October 2026 • 5 min read

Editor's briefings

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Analysis

Nuclear

What role can nuclear realistically play in the world's clean energy future?

The influential Energy Transitions Commission argues it is time to end the binary debate on the future of nuclear power and recognise the technology could play a key role in some countries, but in many others it will remain uncompetitive

06 October 2026 • 11 min read

Energy

'Pivotal crossroads': Could a new generation of electric arc furnaces wean the UK off steel imports?

Scunthorpe and Port Talbot could lead a 'steel revival' enabled by electric arc furnaces and better use of British scrap metal -but time is running out to deliver green steel strategy, ECIU warns

06 October 2026 • 6 min read

Energy

A new age of industrialisation needs a new approach to industrial energy

Partner Insight: As the UK looks to strengthen its industrial base, Madeline Lockyer, Markets Director at Carbon Shift, Equans UK & Ireland, explores why funding, flexibility and electrification need to be considered together.

05 October 2026 • 4 min read

Supply chain

'We need to build resilience': Inside the Duchy of Cornwall's 2035 regenerative farming vision

Executive director Matt Morris explains why the Duchy's push for a more nature friendly approach to farming its estate will benefit both tenant profitability and the land

02 October 2026 • 4 min read

Politics

What does true pragmatism look like in an age of climate crisis?

Andy Burnham has promised a 'pragmatic' approach to North Sea drilling, but who gets to decide what that word even means?

01 October 2026 • 8 min read

Carbon Accounting

Carbon finance 2.0: Navigating the new era of carbon neutralisation, insetting, and updated standards - On demand

WATCH NOW: Experts discuss how carbon markets are moving towards greater integrity, and how purchases can complement emissions reductions and credible net zero plans

30 September 2026 • 1 min read

Opinion

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Editors blog

Politics

What does true pragmatism look like in an age of climate crisis?

Andy Burnham has promised a 'pragmatic' approach to North Sea drilling, but who gets to decide what that word even means?

James Murray

01 October 2026 • 8 min read

Politics

Change agent: Burnham's support for clean energy is welcome, but tough choices await

The Prime Minister is serious about climate action and has the political ability to sell his vision, but imminent decisions on North Sea drilling and electric vehicles could undermine his green ambitions

James Murray

30 September 2026 • 4 min read

Politics

The mystery of the missing vision

The Burnham administration's devolution and cost of living agenda has a lot to recommend it, but why is it not being clearly linked to the government's decarbonisation efforts?

James Murray

08 September 2026 • 4 min read

Study: World is on track to reach net zero - but not until the 2090s

Reports: Treasury preps additional energy bill support for low income households

Tory claims dropping the Future Homes Standard will save buyers £50,000 simply don't add up

Sustainability reporting does not guarantee sustainability progress

Hertfordshire Leisure Centre slashes energy bills over 60 per cent with new solar storage system

Study: Restoring the world's oyster reefs could deliver $12tr boost to planetary health

'Real opportunity': Study explores potential to boost low carbon European holidays

Survey: Two thirds of farmers believe sustainable practices essential to future of British farming

Zapmap: Charging installations grow nine per cent to 125,000 public EV charge points

Study: Commercial kitchens with gas stoves are exposing workers to dangerous air pollution

What role can nuclear realistically play in the world's clean energy future?

'Pivotal crossroads': Could a new generation of electric arc furnaces wean the UK off steel imports?

A new age of industrialisation needs a new approach to industrial energy

'We need to build resilience': Inside the Duchy of Cornwall's 2035 regenerative farming vision

What does true pragmatism look like in an age of climate crisis?

Carbon finance 2.0: Navigating the new era of carbon neutralisation, insetting, and updated standards - On demand

What does true pragmatism look like in an age of climate crisis?

Change agent: Burnham's support for clean energy is welcome, but tough choices await

The mystery of the missing vision

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