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'An important first step': Openreach dials up order for electric van fleet
Vauxhall to deliver 270 fully electric Vivaro-e vans and nine Corsa-e cars to one of the UK's largest fleet operators
Net Zero Investment Hub
Delivered in partnership with Schroders, the Net Zero Investment Hub brings you all the latest news and analysis on rapidly evolving finance trends that are helping to drive the net zero transition
BusinessGreen debuts Net Zero Investment Hub
Hosted in partnership with Schroders, the new Net Zero Investment Hub brings together cutting-edge insights and analysis on how the world of finance is embracing the net zero transition
Global Briefing: Irish government ordered to strengthen climate plan
Plus nuclear fusion, French outdoor heating ban, Spanish green hydrogen plant and all the top green business news from around the world this week
Court of Appeal to hear legal challenge against Drax gas plant approval
ClientEarth wins right to appeal recent High Court decision which upheld planning approval for 3.6GW project
Fruit-picking robots and carbon-saving animal feeds: Government confirms £24m agri-tech funding boost
Nine new projects to share latest wave of government's green farming R&D funding
Shell Energy launches seasonal solar-battery storage tariff
Households with solar panels and batteries installed can earn savings on their winter bills for excess energy generated in the summer
BusinessGreen Leaders Awards 2020 goes virtual
Shortlist announced for the 10th annual BusinessGreen Leaders Awards
BusinessGreen Leaders Awards 2020 - Meet the Finalists
Check out the full shortlist for the 10th annual BusinessGreen Leaders Awards
Coca-Cola European Partners eyes plastic bottle recycling plant with CuRe investment
Drinks giant's European business backs Dutch technology start up in bid to establish rPET production factory
'A watershed moment': Kimberly-Clark pledges to halve environmental footprint within 10 years
Personal care giant confirms science based emissions target and vows to cut forest and water footprints by 50 per cent
Christine Lagarde hints at green bond push from the ECB
'I have children, I have grandchildren. I just don't want to face those beautiful eyes, asking me and others: 'What have you done?''
Match fit: BAFTA kicks off albert green scheme for sports broadcasting
New Sports Consortium to help broadcasters share green best practices, as sports industry strives to curb environmental impacts
Global Briefing: UN shines spotlight on e-waste opportunity
Plus all the top green business news from around the world this week
Net Zero Festival: More top speakers confirmed
Bosses at BT, OVO Energy, Shell, Anglian Water, and many others have joined the line-up for the world's first Net Zero Festival
Farmers fear climate crisis will have greater impact on their business than coronavirus
To coincide with new sustainability strategy agri-business giant Syngenta releases poll showing growing concern worldwide about impact of climate change on crop yields and farmers
Strings attached: Greenpeace steps up calls for climate conditional bailouts
Petition signed by over 167,000 people delivered to the Treasury, urging the Chancellor to ensure airline bailouts demand enhanced environmental commitments
Does the UK need a Royal Commission to assess environmental risk?
Major new report from IPPR warns the UK is 'acutely vulnerable' to escalating environmental breakdown
Gore Street Capital snaps up 50MW Fife battery storage project
Ferrymuir utility-scale battery project marks the private equity investors first such investment in Scotland
BP invests $5m in methane leak-detecting specialist Satelytics
Cloud-based geospatial analytics firm uses imagery and machine learning to monitor environmental changes such as methane emissions
Engenie to rollout 17 rapid electric car chargers at major UK shopping sites
EV network strikes deal to add rapid chargers across 10 of retail landlord Brookhouse Group's UK sites
Branching out: Defra seeks input on how to boost England tree cover
Updated England Tree Strategy slated for later this year as government faces uphill struggle to meet its 2025 tree planting targets
Arsenal's afforestation: Hector Bellerin vows to plant 3,000 trees for each Premier League victory
Footballer urges fans to back One Tree Planted campaign to help expand global forests
Greener railways: Hydrogen trains and 5G WiFi take share of £9.4m funding pot
Department for Transport announces winners of rail innovation funding competition as industry urges for more support for hydrogen trains
Fresh wave of coronavirus food waste funding awarded
WRAP confirms over £4m of funding has been assigned through the government's surplus food redistribution grant schemes
Reports: EU pushes back on UK emissions trading scheme plan
Reuters reports that proposals to link EU and UK ETS unlikely to gain Brussels approval without fresh safeguards
BP confirms job cuts, reasserts clean energy pledge
Oil major announces it is to cut around 10,000 jobs globally, as CEO predicts coronavirus crisis will accelerate company's transition towards cleaner energy sources
Reports: Tesla considering Bristol site for UK gigafactory
The Times reports Elon Musk made a recent flying visit to the UK to inspect a potential site for a major new factory near Bristol
Electrolux to phase-out HFC gases from fridges and freezers by 2023
White goods brand promises to replace all 'high-impact greenhouse gases' from its cooling products within three years
Global briefing: Hungary passes net zero law
Plus all the top green business news from around the world this week
Net zero: Almost 100 firms, cities, and states have now pledged to decarbonise their buildings by 2030
World Green Building Council drive to decarbonise company buildings across the globe gathers pace
Ribena launches hunt for climate resilient blackcurrants
Company invests over £500,000 to extend partnership focused on the development of climate-resilient blackcurrant varieties
Net Zero Festival: Full virtual summit agenda confirmed
Three day online festival to bring together political and business leaders to explore how the net zero transition will define the decade ahead
Global briefing: World's largest electric plane completes test flight
Plus all the top green business news from around the world
Study: Electric vehicle drivers facing charging 'postcode lottery'
New analysis of Zap-Map data shows how in some regions there are more than 1,000 EVs for every on-street charger
Global Briefing: EU Commission targets €20bn annual support for nature restoration
European Commission unveils sweeping biodiversity strategy, plus all the top green business news from around the world this week
Government pushes back deadline for clean power contract consultation
Consultation proposes extending support offered for low carbon electricity projects via Contracts for Difference scheme by a further four years
Global Briefing: Norway sovereign wealth fund blacklists coal firms
Plus all the top green business news from around the world this week
Community Calling: New campaign to provide refurbished smart phones to the digitally excluded
Hubbub and O2 team up to trial new re-use initiative in Southwark, designed to help those without online access during the coronavirus crisis
Net Zero Leadership Hub
Delivered in partnership with BT, the Net Zero Leadership Hub brings you all the latest news and analysis on those pioneers who are driving the net zero transition
Green buildings: Greater focus on climate adaptation and mitigation in updated BREEAM standard
BRE announces most significant update to leading sustainable buildings standard in five years
Barclays snaps up stake in energy efficiency platform SaveMoneyCutCarbon
It marks the first move under the bank's £175m sustainable investment drive announced last month as part of its net zero strategy
Global Briefing: UN chief sets out case for green Covid-19 recovery
Plus a round up of all the key green business from around the world this week
VIGIL hails successful electric vehicle-to-grid trial in Birmingham
Government-backed project assessed grid impacts of bi-directional EV charging at two sites at Aston University
Reports: Wrightbus reveals plans to deliver 3,000 hydrogen buses
Company owned by JCB heir submits proposal to government that would see UK become a trailblazer in hydrogen bus development
Former GIB boss Shaun Kingsbury joins The Conduit Investment Advisors as CEO
Green investment expert tasked with driving development of new impact investment outfit
Global briefing: Biden pledges to beef up climate plan
Plus all the other key green business developments from around the world this week
Legal giant CMS sets out its case for net zero emissions by 2025
Company seeking approval from Science Based Targets initiative for 1.5C climate goals covering its business and value chain