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Global Briefing: Austria joins net zero club with 2040 pledge
All the green business news from around the world this week
London Climate Change Festival aims to 'inform, inspire and bring hope'
Eight-week festival to bring artists, scientists, and businesses together to 'explore ways to live in better harmony with our planet'
Study: Climate-induced weather chaos could cause 'dramatic' decline in British crop production
Scientists warn climate change could cause collapse in vital ocean currents that would upend UK weather patterns and endanger food production
Imperial College and Mayor of London beef up plans for Centre for Climate Change Innovation
Major new clean tech hub aims to harness 'new ideas to turn the tide on climate change'
Wates Group promises to go zero carbon by 2025
Construction and property development firm pledges to be zero waste and zero carbon within five years
Study: No net zero without 'significant' offshore wind investment
Research from engineering experts Atkins warns net zero will not be reached in the UK without radical changes to the energy system
Glasgow gets first fully-electric buses as it gears up for COP26
Electric buses have begun operating in the Scottish city for the first time in half a century as the city sets its sights on net zero emissions by 2030
Rising seas: Work begins on £40m tidal defence scheme in Great Yarmouth
Upgrades to flood defences in Great Yarmouth will help protect the town against flooding driven by climate change
UK land area used to grow bioenergy crops shrinks in 2018
Defra statistics show 1.6 per cent of UK's arable land was used to grow bioenergy crops for transport fuel, electricity, and biogas production last year
Reports: EU Commission plots €1tr Green Deal investment plan
Commission is said to be prepping a sustainable investment plan to mobilise €1tr investment over the next decade in support of the net zero transition
Global Briefing: Coal decline leads to CO2 drop in US, Germany and Spain
Coal continues its decline as renewables take hold in Germany, Spain, USA and even Fukushima, plus all the green business news you may have missed this week
SDG13: Climate Action
All BusinessGreen's reporting on SDG13, the goal to drive action on climate change
Octopus Renewables secures £185m mandate from National Grid pension scheme
Octopus Renewables to invest £185m in UK solar and onshore wind assets through partnership with National Grid's pension scheme
World risks shortage of materials for EVs and wind turbines without agreements for green supply chains, experts warn
Academics at the University of Sussex predict shortages of crucial materials such as cobalt and lithium without international agreements and more reuse and recycling
British Airways begins carbon offsetting domestic flights
Airline has promised to offset all domestic flights as part of plan to hit net zero emissions by 2050
Forest Green Rovers given go-ahead for 'greenest football stadium in the world'
The world's first vegan football club could be playing in new all-wooden home ground within three years, claims chairman Dale Vince
Satellite climate data project secures £5m UK boost
New £5m virtual data centre utilising cutting edge satellite technology could help lower risk of climate impacts, government claims
Waste-to-fuel: Government announces £6.5m funding for green transport fuel plants
Department for Transport announces support for two plants which aim to produce low carbon road and aviation fuel from waste feedstocks
PowerHouse Energy snaps up Waste2Tricity
Firm says the acquisition could pave the way to 'mass market, low-cost hydrogen created from waste plastic'
BusinessGreen's Most Read of 2019
From Dragon Islands to paper beer bottles, here are our top ranking stories of the year
'Pioneering test': Low carbon concrete set for trial on A14 in Cambridgeshire
Contractor Mick George Concrete claims use of Cemfree for road improvement works could help avoid 500 tonnes of CO2
Anglo American pledges to align lobbying with Paris Agreement
Activist investors celebrate after mining giant promises to realign all its lobbying activity, including that done on its behalf by industry associations, with the goals of the Paris Agreement
Statkraft sells two windfarms to Greencoat in £104m deal
The 43MW Windy Rig wind farm 37.8MW Twentyshilling wind farm are set to be completed in 2021
Podcast: How can we build a more responsible capitalism?
Matt Crossman of Rathbones Investment Management believes capitalism is under huge pressure for change, and argues sustainable finance can be a key part of the solution