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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

Carbon Accounting

Airbnb celebrates environmental savings

New survey reveals sofa surfing guests use 78 per cent less energy than those in hotels

clock 01 August 2014 •

Management

How the global sofa surfing movement is helping the environment

Joe Gebbia, co-founder of Airbnb, highlights the green credentials of the company's flourishing business model

clock 01 August 2014 •

Investment

Green Deal Finance Company reviews business model as it prepares for uncertain future

EXCLUSIVE: GDFC considers direct sales and marketing business model in a drive to increase energy efficiency installations

clock 01 August 2014 •

Wind

RWE launches legal challenge to Pickles wind farm block

Developer confirms High Court challenge as Communities Secretary rejects second RWE wind farm recommended by planning officials

clock 31 July 2014 •

Wind

Centrica and Dong Energy ditch Irish Sea offshore wind farm plans

British Gas owner confirms £40m writedown from Celtic Array project, following warnings last week that UK should slow development of offshore wind farms

clock 31 July 2014 •

Facilities

Manufacturers make a splash with £2m of water savings

New WRAP figures reveal continued success of voluntary Federation House Commitment

clock 31 July 2014 •

Energy

Consumers urged to consider renewable heat savings with new DECC calculator

Government launches RHI calculator to encourage uptake of renewable heat technologies

clock 31 July 2014 •

Policy

Mayor Boris defends u-turn on London diesel ban

Boris Johnson calls on Westminster government to step up efforts to tackle UK's dangerously high pollution levels with new manifesto

clock 30 July 2014 •

Biomass

ThaiBev distillery to toast greener gin with new biomass boiler

Green Investment Bank helps fund switch from oil boilers to biomass at Balmenach distillery in Speyside

clock 30 July 2014 •

Investment

Centrica snaps up America's Astrum Solar in £32m deal

Energy giant's North American subsidiary, Direct Energy, enters US domestic solar market with latest acquisition

clock 29 July 2014 •