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'There can be no shortcuts': Is greenwashing already threatening to uproot 'nature positive' initiatives?
21 September 2023
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3 min read
'Now is not the time to delay': Over 400 businesses urge Prime Minister not to weaken climate policies
Anger over Rishi Sunak’s watering down of net zero policies escalates, as CCC warns announcements are ‘likely to take the UK further away’ from being able to meet its legal emissions targets
21 September 2023
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8 min read
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
'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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29 min read
Watering down the UK's green commitments sends all the wrong messages
21 September 2023
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4 min read
ECIU: Net zero policy rollback could cost households up to £8bn
21 September 2023
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3 min read
Public supports tax on fossil fuel firms to meet UK climate finance promises, study shows
21 September 2023
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4 min read
Sewage release is worse for rivers than agriculture pollution, study reveals
21 September 2023
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4 min read
GFANZ launches consultation to refine definitions of transition finance
21 September 2023
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2 min read
Green Alliance: Incoherent battery strategy makes UK 'unattractive' to investors
21 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
'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
'A fight that will define the decades ahead': Conservatives seek to draw dividing lines over net zero plans
New Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary attacks Labour's green investment plans and promises 'pragmatic' approach to decarbonisation, but Tory backbenchers threaten 'political row' over government's own net zero policies
18 September 2023
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8 min read
Five ways to combat impostor syndrome during your sustainability job search
These tips can help you get past self-doubt and move forward in your sustainability career
15 September 2023
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6 min read
Global Briefing: EU Commission President touts 'next phase' of Green Deal vision
The EU underscores its commitment to new climate policies, as plans are unveiled for the latest European gigafactory and the US counts the cost of worsening climate impacts
15 September 2023
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9 min read
Net Zero Festival 2023
'Investors spooked': Rishi Sunak confirms speech on the future of UK's net zero plans
'Now is not the time to delay': Over 400 businesses urge Prime Minister not to weaken climate policies
Scorched earth: Rishi Sunak's attack on climate policies is worse than the sum of its parts
How Rishi Sunak ignored his own calls for more honesty on net zero
'Environmentally reckless and economically inept': The green economy reacts to the PM's net zero policy rollback
Green Alliance: Incoherent battery strategy makes UK 'unattractive' to investors
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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