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Jocelyn Timperley

Jocelyn Timperley joined BusinessGreen as a reporter in September 2015 and wrote daily news, features and analysis pieces for the site. 

Originally from Scotland, Jocelyn completed an MA in Science Journalism at City University London in June 2015. She also has a first class undergraduate master degree in environmental and sustainable chemistry from the University of Edinburgh.

Jocelyn left BuisnessGreen in December 2016. 

Articles by Jocelyn Timperley

Politics

Clive Lewis appointed Shadow Business Secretary in latest Labour reshuffle

Major reshuffle sees Clive Lewis assume role as shadow BEIS Secretary, as Barry Gardiner retains responsibility for energy and climate change brief

clock 10 October 2016 • 2 min read

Recycling

Suez teams up with TerraCycle to tackle hard-to-recycle waste

French utility acquires 30 per cent of TerraCycle's activities in Europe as part of efforts to tackle waste that is not recyclable through traditional channels

clock 10 October 2016 • 2 min read

Waste

Environment Agency shelves waste reuse advisory service

Definition of Waste Panel suspended for three months following budget cuts

clock 10 October 2016 • 1 min read

Incentives

Report: Low carbon intensity sectors outstrip growth of general economy

New LSE research finds sectors with low carbon intensities boast higher productivity growth than those with high carbon intensity

clock 10 October 2016 • 2 min read

Solar

Cubico wins big in Mexico's second state power auction

London-based investor snaps up 540MW worth of projects in country's latest clean energy auction

clock 07 October 2016 • 2 min read

Buildings

Green buildings better for health and productivity, Harvard research finds

New Harvard study finds workers in green-certified buildings score better in a range of metrics including cognitive function tests

clock 07 October 2016 • 2 min read

Risk

Could asset level data offer a better way to assess climate risk than disclosure?

New S&P paper argues a more bottom up, asset specific approach could overcome some of the major barriers to assessing firms' exposure to environmental risk

clock 07 October 2016 • 4 min read

Politics

Al Gore joins Clinton campaign to talk climate action with young voters

Democrats campaign recruits former US vice president in bid to appeal to millenials concerned about climate change

clock 05 October 2016 • 3 min read

Investment

Bridges Ventures fires up Vegetarian Express with £5.6m investment

Sustainable investor cites increasing popularity of plant-based diets and environmental challenges posed by meat as rationale for latest green investment

clock 05 October 2016 • 1 min read

Infrastructure

How the UK could reform its capacity market for an age of flexibility

New Green Alliance report sets out proposals for structural changes to capacity market auctions, which would see flexible grid services delivered alongside new capacity

clock 05 October 2016 • 7 min read