Are universities failing to make the grade with their carbon targets?

clock •

New research shows higher education sector's emissions increased last year for first time since 2010

English universities are falling further behind in their efforts to meet their own carbon goals and sector-wide targets set by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), according to a new...

To continue reading this article...

Join BusinessGreen

In just a few clicks you can start your free BusinessGreen Lite membership for 12 months, providing you access to:

  • Three complimentary articles per month covering the latest real-time news, analysis, and opinion from Europe’s leading source of information on the Green economy and business
  • Receive important and breaking news stories via our daily news alert
  • Our weekly newsletter with the best of the week’s green business news and analysis

Join now

 

Already a BusinessGreen member?

Login

Author spotlight

Jocelyn Timperley

View profile
More from Jocelyn Timperley

How greenhouses run on solar power and seawater could turn agriculture on its head

Meet the smart bin technology helping kitchens slash food waste

More on Efficiency

Warm Homes Plan: New partnership aims to mobilise funding needed for efficiency upgrades
Efficiency

Warm Homes Plan: New partnership aims to mobilise funding needed for efficiency upgrades

Green Home Finance Strategic Partnership to scale up efforts to help households undertake upgrades that can cut bills and deliver warmer, greener homes

Stuart Stone
Stuart Stone
clock 03 February 2026 • 4 min read
'The data tells a different story': Heat pumps bust reliability myths during UK cold snap
Efficiency

'The data tells a different story': Heat pumps bust reliability myths during UK cold snap

Nine-out-of-10 heat pump owners satisfied with home warmth during cold snap compared to eight-out-of-ten gas boiler users, new study finds

Stuart Stone
Stuart Stone
clock 09 January 2026 • 3 min read
Warm Homes Plan not expected until January
Efficiency

Warm Homes Plan not expected until January

Flagship energy efficiency scheme likely to be delayed until early in the New Year, as concerns continue to grow over pipeline of green home retrofit projects

James Murray
James Murray
clock 16 December 2025 • 4 min read