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Madeleine Cuff

Madeleine Cuff

Madeleine Cuff was a journalist at BusinessGreen until January 2020.

Prior to joining BusinessGreen in June 2015, Madeleine spent three years as an assistant editor at innovation consultancy Stylus. She has a Masters in journalism from City University London and a first class honours degree in English Literature from Durham University.

In September 2018 she was named 'Business Sustainability Journalist 2018', at the Press Gazette Specialist Media Awards. 

 

Articles by Madeleine Cuff

Investment

Signaling more independence from the US, the World Bank phases out its support for fossil fuels

Jason Kirk from Elon University welcomes the World Bank's fossil fuel pledge, but points out its caveats

clock 18 January 2018 • 5 min read

Supply chain

Companies must be proactive on plastics to avoid getting caught in the 'perfect storm'

AECOM's Robert Spencer argues a holistic strategy on plastics use is now a business essential

clock 18 January 2018 • 4 min read

Wind

Record-breaker: British wind power output tops 10GW

BREAKING: Output from UK wind farms exceeds 10GW for first time ever thanks to blustery winter weather

clock 17 January 2018 • 1 min read

Risk

Climate breakdown: Environmental threats once again top global risk survey

Growing threat of extreme weather, ecosystem degradation, and climate change could cause 'runaway collapse' in complex global systems, experts fear

clock 17 January 2018 • 4 min read

Energy

Sun seekers: Innogy prepares for solar push under €3.5bn renewables strategy

German renewables giant promises to spend €3.5bn on new renewable capacity over the next three years, with major focus on solar PV rollout

clock 17 January 2018 • 3 min read

Legislation

Clean Growth Plan: Why business needs to step up to the plate

Parts of the business community must up their game in the UK fight against climate change, argues Committee on Climate Change Chair Lord Deben

clock 17 January 2018 • 7 min read

Legislation

Government must beef up Clean Growth Plan to hit legal carbon targets, warns watchdog

Committee on Climate Change gives Clean Growth Strategy a mixed reception, welcoming change in tone towards climate action but warning pledges don't go far enough to meet legal targets

clock 17 January 2018 • 7 min read

Solar

'World first': Australian university signs deal for 100 per cent solar power

Agreement puts University of New South Wales on track to become the first university in the world to be powered solely by solar

clock 16 January 2018 • 1 min read

Supply chain

Carillion collapse threatens green infrastructure projects

Construction giant is involved in a range of low carbon industries, ranging from onshore wind infrastructure to energy efficiency and railways

clock 15 January 2018 • 3 min read

Solar

A new world in which 'solar+batteries' become the cheapest form of energy

Frank Rijsberman of the Global Green Growth Institute takes a sweeping look at the rapid transition to clean energy happening across the globe

clock 15 January 2018 • 7 min read