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Jessica Shankleman

Jessica Shankleman

Deputy Editor

Jessica Shankleman joined the company as a reporter in 2010 and left December 2015. 

She regularly took responsibility for BusinessGreen's leading news and analysis as well as managing the site's content hubs.

Jessica is a leading commentator in the low carbon sector, writing for the Guardian as well as appearing on BBC World News, Radio 4 and Al Jazeera to discuss business and environment issues.

She produces a wide range of news and analysis for BusinessGreen, focusing on issues including project finance, energy, technology and supply chain management. She also contributes to much of BusinessGreen's multimedia and data visualisation content.

Jessica is an award-winning journalist who prior to joining BusinessGreen worked for renewable energy industry magazine reNews.

She qualified from Cardiff University in 2009 with a postgraduate diploma in newspaper journalism. While there, she won an NCTJ Top Scoop Award for Excellence in Journalism for an exclusive story on the discovery of an unencrypted memory stick containing confidential child protection information.

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Articles by Jessica Shankleman

Solar

BusinessGreen readers help send 730 solar lamps to Africa

BusinessGreen Leaders Awards raises more than £2,000 for SolarAid

clock 11 July 2014 • 1 min read

Management

Lush founder: Green businesses should not be scared of making profits

Mark Constantine talks to BusinessGreen about passion, profits, and his loathing of three-for-two offers

clock 10 July 2014 •

Risk

Shell accused of misrepresenting climate warnings to investors

Carbon Tracker says oil major is wrong to dismiss carbon bubble theory, as Lego comes under pressure to end partnership with Shell

clock 09 July 2014 •

Solar

SolarAid slashes supply costs to power up Africa

Charity reveals distribution costs have halved since 2012 as a result of growing demand for solar lamp technology

clock 08 July 2014 •

CCS

Breaking: White Rose CCS project secures crucial EU funding

NER300 funding announcement confirms up to €300m of support for flagship UK carbon capture project, alongside fresh support for renewables developments

clock 08 July 2014 •

Marine

Siemens, Wave Hub, and Minesto winners in latest wave and tidal leasing round

The Crown Estate deals out fresh round of wave and tidal power site licences with new focus on boosting local economic benefits from marine energy

clock 08 July 2014 •

Policy

Oxford Street has 'highest NO2 pollution levels' in world

New research comes as EU Court of Justice prepares to hear case over UK's failure to meet legal air quality limits

clock 08 July 2014 •

Risk

Manufacturers slam Defra's failure to protect UK from looming resource crunch

New report calls for Department for Business to establish new Office for Resource Management

clock 08 July 2014 •

Policy

Government and industry reveal fresh plans to help businesses embrace solar power

Solarcentury unveils new approach to commercial solar installation, as government sets date for roundtable discussion to overcome barriers to deployment

clock 07 July 2014 • 4 min read

Solar

Cameron urged to overrule solar subsidy cuts

More than 150 businesses call on government to revisit proposals to halt solar farm subsidies

clock 07 July 2014 •