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Stuart Stone

Stuart Stone

Intelligence editor

Stuart Stone is editor of BusinessGreen Intelligence. He has led the platform's output since it launched in March 2023 by writing case studies, interviews and trend reports designed to help sustainable business leaders in their work. He has also provided news and analysis for the site since joining BusinessGreen in January 2023.

Stuart is particularly interested in green start-ups, culture and behaviour change, nature, the role of clean tech and circular innovation in day-to-day living, and the uphill battle to make sport more sustainable.

Prior to joining BusinessGreen, Stuart spent almost four years covering the hospitality and drinks sector at “pub trade bible” The Morning Advertiser, where he was a head category judge at the Great British Pub Awards on multiple occasions.

He also enjoyed a brief spell covering innovation and technology in the water and energy sectors at Utility Week, has freelanced for British GQ and Telegraph Sport, and written matchday blogs for UEFA’s Champions League, Europa League and international fixtures. Before training as a journalist Stuart spent four years working in commercial media at Men’s Fitness and The Telegraph Media Group’s branded content team.

Stuart studied journalism at City University, a BA in modern history and politics at Royal Holloway, University of London, and is certified Carbon Literate by The Carbon Literacy Project.

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Articles by Stuart Stone

Circular coffee: Costa trials in-store coffee pod recycling at 142 UK locations

Recycling

Circular coffee: Costa trials in-store coffee pod recycling at 142 UK locations

Podback to provide free coffee pod drop-off points and recycling bags as part of a five-month trial with Costa Coffee

clock 04 September 2024 • 4 min read
Flora to spread plant-based message with new Smoked Garlic 'B+tter'

Marketing

Flora to spread plant-based message with new Smoked Garlic 'B+tter'

Flora to launch 'category first’ Flora Smoked Garlic Plant B+tter in 250 Sainsbury’s stores across the UK

clock 04 September 2024 • 2 min read
Cardiff coffee refill scheme to prevent 'up to 30,000 single-use cups'

Recycling

Cardiff coffee refill scheme to prevent 'up to 30,000 single-use cups'

Government-backed reusable takeaway cup scheme to launch in Cardiff next month in partnership with environmental charity City to Sea

clock 04 September 2024 • 3 min read
Louisa Ziane: 'Sustainability is often thought of as an add-on to the core business operations'

Waste

Louisa Ziane: 'Sustainability is often thought of as an add-on to the core business operations'

Toast Ale's COO unpacks the brewer's bottle phase out plans, efforts to connect Londoners with food in a nature-friendly way, and eagerness to get involved in a nationwide packaging reuse system

clock 03 September 2024 • 7 min read
Nespresso and Hived roll out all-electric coffee delivery for Greater London

Automotive

Nespresso and Hived roll out all-electric coffee delivery for Greater London

Nespresso partners with sustainable delivery firm Hived to slash carbon emissions by up to 76 per cent per parcel

clock 03 September 2024 • 2 min read
Deloitte: Almost half of FTSE 100 firms have restated sustainability metrics this year

Management

Deloitte: Almost half of FTSE 100 firms have restated sustainability metrics this year

Nearly half the UK's largest corporates have had to update climate and sustainability metrics ahead of new reporting rules, Deloitte finds

clock 02 September 2024 • 3 min read
Green Heat Network Fund: Schemes in Leeds, London, and Barnsley awarded £57m of funding

Infrastructure

Green Heat Network Fund: Schemes in Leeds, London, and Barnsley awarded £57m of funding

Newly funded projects to provide low carbon heat to 17,000 new homes and buildings, saving over 385,000 tonnes of CO2 in the process

clock 02 September 2024 • 3 min read
Oil and gas giants invest £600,000 in new Aberdeen Centre for Energy Transition

Investment

Oil and gas giants invest £600,000 in new Aberdeen Centre for Energy Transition

BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, Equinor, Shell, and TotalEnergies among those funding industry-backed scheme to accelerate efforts to curb emissions from oil and gas projects

clock 02 September 2024 • 4 min read
Tricks of the trade: Lifting the lid on Screwfix's low carbon toolbox

Management

Tricks of the trade: Lifting the lid on Screwfix's low carbon toolbox

Screwfix's commercial director Matt Compton unpacks how the retailer has halved its indirect emissions and is continuing to chip away its Scope 3 impact

clock 02 September 2024 • 10 min read
Study: Sustainable procurement progress continues to 'lag behind'

Procurement

Study: Sustainable procurement progress continues to 'lag behind'

Global value chain stocktake from EcoVadis claims significant work still needed to accelerate adoption of sustainable supply chain best practices

clock 30 August 2024 • 3 min read