Executives from likes of Bank of America, BNP Paribas, Macquarie, Lloyds, and Citi also join effort to develop credible pathway to deliver a net zero banking sector
Latest Carbon Clean 200 list companies outperformed average benchmark by 47 per cent over the past year
Latest calls come as government launches subsidised training for green retrofit installations and latest data confirms on-going administrative challenges
World's biggest asset manager urges firms to set rigorous decarbonisation goals or risk being voted against at board meetings as it sets out shareholder expectations for 2021
Environmental Audit Committee Chair Philip Dunne talks to BusinessGreen about the need for 'a tax system fit for net zero Britain' and the right time to judge whether the government has delivered on its green recovery promises
Mining giant argues it is 'uniquely positioned for the needs of the future' as it promises AGM climate strategy vote in April
Government-funded project aims to deliver prototype zero emission vehicle to London Ambulance Service NHS Trust later this year
UK Centre for Greening Finance and Investment (CGFI) aims to overcome patchy and unreliable climate data in financial sector and support fast-expanding market for ESG investments
But Imperial College London analysis warns emerging technologies and negative emission power plants are likely to be needed to unlock full decarbonisation of the grid
Green business groups left baffled and frustrated by decision to withdraw over £1bn from flagship green home upgrade programme