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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

Management

Food and drink giants on track to cut water use 20 per cent by 2020

Voluntary Federation House Commitment saves the equivalent of 520 Olympic sized swimming pools in 2010

clock 05 October 2011 •

Energy

Poo power could clean up Accra's acrid beaches

Columbia University project backed by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation aims to turn Ghana's untreated sewage into energy

clock 04 October 2011 • 2 min read

Supply chain

Biomass offers key to cracking cashew nut supply chain challenge

Rajkumar to open cashew processing and biomass plant in Ghana powered by waste nut shells

clock 03 October 2011 • 3 min read

Supply chain

Ghana, smartphones and the secret to sustainable shea

SAP and PlaNet Finance invest in Ghana smartphone programme to increase supply chain transparency

clock 30 September 2011 •

Legislation

Is your business at risk of being charged with ecocide?

Campaign for new international law gains momentum as lawyers prepare to stage mock ecocide trial

clock 29 September 2011 •

Investment

Wales prepares bid to host Green Investment Bank

Principality to join Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester and Peterborough in battle to host bank headquarters

clock 23 September 2011 •

Investment

Will low cost loans ensure Green Deal abides by its golden rule?

Jessica Shankleman asks if a new non-profit vehicle offering low cost loans will be enough to convince homeowners to install energy efficiency measures

clock 22 September 2011 •

Investment

Exclusive: New non-profit firm promises low cost Green Deal loans

PwC confirms it is working on plans for a national loan aggregator capable of driving Green Deal adoption

clock 22 September 2011 •

Buildings

Survey: Building sector keen to go green, but doesn't know how

PwC and Construction Products Association float plan to base council tax rates on sustainability rather than property value

clock 22 September 2011 •

Policy

EU urged to stop "dreaming" and start regulating a resource-efficient economy

Green groups warn that sustainable growth roadmap is too vague, as CBI says competitiveness must not be forgotten

clock 21 September 2011 •