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Climate policy rollback risks Tory seats: Poll reveals 'climate majority' in Blue Wall and key marginals
23 September 2023
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6 min read
'Catastrophe' or 'nothingburger': How will Sunak's weakening of UK climate policy effect the green economy?
As the dust settles on the Prime Minister’s shock decision to ditch a host of key decarbonisation policies, green businesses are weighing the impact of the government's latest U-turns
22 September 2023
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11 min read
Global Briefing: Climate protest rocks New York during UN General Assembly week
Plus a landmark ruling in favour of Indigenous land rights in Brazil, new EU anti-greenwashing rules, and Kenyan direct air capture news
22 September 2023
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8 min read
Climate policy rollbacks, cheaper heat pumps, and a new standard for nature risk disclosure: BusinessGreen's most read stories of the week
BusinessGreen rounds up the most widely read stories on the site this week
14 July 2023
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1 min read
Government threatened with legal action over net zero policy rollback
22 September 2023
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5 min read
Test of resolve: IEA warns delayed support and rising costs risk bursting clean hydrogen bubble
22 September 2023
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3 min read
Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance calls on governments to unlock $275tr investment opportunity
22 September 2023
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2 min read
UK commits £160m in climate finance to developing nations amid domestic net zero policy rollback
22 September 2023
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5 min read
'ChatNetZero': 'World's first' climate chatbot switched on
22 September 2023
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4 min read
Veronique Rochet: 'Simplify your communication so that everyone can understand your intentions'
Veronique Rochet, senior head of sustainability at Puma, discusses measures the sportswear giant has taken to incorporate both supply chain and Gen Z climate concerns into its day-to-day operations
In focus: Unboxing the sustainable packaging innovation drive
Consumer and regulatory pressure means all eyes are on businesses to deliver on their sustainable packaging goals - but can innovative solutions really deliver promised environmental gains?
Renewables records, sportswashing stunts, and a preview of party conference season
BusinessGreen Editor’s Briefing: August
Danielle Mulder: 'We're too focused on carbon'
The BBC’s first director of sustainability, and 2023 UKGBA Sustainability Leader of the Year, discusses the corporation's three green pillars, the role of businesses in nature restoration, and facing up to 'terrifying' scientific warnings
BusinessGreen Intelligence Whitepaper: The case for a nature positive business strategy
Latest Whitepaper on the emergence of nature positive business strategies is available to all BusinessGreen Intelligence members
Making diamonds under pressure: Digging into De Beers' blueprint for sustainable mining
With the diamond industry facing questions over its environmental impacts, De Beers Group has dug deep to deploy renewables at its sites and establish sustainable best practices throughout its value chain
Six things Starbucks learned from its reusable cup experiments
Starbucks is testing reusable cup models in more than 25 markets and plans to start a reusable cup program by the end of 2025
22 September 2023
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6 min read
'Environmentally reckless and economically inept': The green economy reacts to the PM's net zero policy rollback
BusinessGreen rounds up all the reaction from campaigners, politicians and green business leaders to the dilution of key climate policies
21 September 2023
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31 min read
'There can be no shortcuts': Is greenwashing already threatening to uproot 'nature positive' initiatives?
New study claims hollow green pledges and 'aspirational phrases' are jeopardising efforts to both halt and reverse biodiversity loss and restore nature
21 September 2023
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3 min read
'Turning point': Is adland really ready to turn its back on fossil fuel clients?
Clean Creatives' releases its third annual F-List report, which names just shy of 300 agencies that worked for fossil fuel companies in 2022 and 2023
19 September 2023
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7 min read
How global plastic policies could slash virgin plastic production by 30 per cent by 2040
Report highlights 15 policies that could drive major decrease in plastic use around the world - but will governments adopt them as part of a new global plastics treaty
19 September 2023
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4 min read
What you need to know about the Demand Flexibility Service
SSE Energy Solutions' Eunice Mabey explains how businesses can benefit from National Grid ESO's new flexibility service
18 September 2023
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4 min read
Net Zero Festival 2023
Government threatened with legal action over net zero policy rollback
'ChatNetZero': 'World's first' climate chatbot switched on
UK commits £160m in climate finance to developing nations amid domestic net zero policy rollback
Test of resolve: IEA warns delayed support and rising costs risk bursting clean hydrogen bubble
'Investors spooked': Rishi Sunak confirms speech on the future of UK's net zero plans
Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance calls on governments to unlock $275tr investment opportunity
How Rishi Sunak ignored his own calls for more honesty on net zero
The Prime Minister's speech on the future of the net zero transition was not all bad, but the parts that were sounded confused, contradictory, and hypocritical
21 September 2023
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3 min read
Scorched earth: Rishi Sunak's attack on climate policies is worse than the sum of its parts
The government's mooted policy changes will damage, but not derail the net zero transition - but Sunak's political cynicism threatens to burn down something precious
20 September 2023
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8 min read
Summertime stasis: How conflicting net zero signals have left green businesses confused and concerned
It's been a busy summer for the green economy, but the government's triangulation is continuing to wilfully damage the UK's investment climate
05 September 2023
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7 min read
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