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City of London opts for 100 per cent green power
From October 2018 London's Square Mile governing body will source 100 per cent green electricity
Reports: IPCC to warn planet on course to exceed 1.5C of warming by 2040
Leaked draft report provides stark warning the current trajectory of manmade climate change will see planet overshoot higher ambition Paris Agreement goal
UBS Global Wealth Management debuts private client sustainable investment portfolio
'We wholeheartedly subscribe to the idea that we are on the edge of a forthcoming sustainable investing revolution.'
UK Power Reserve partners with Fluence to charge up energy storage development
Deal paves the way for 120MW battery storage deployment across the UK
Dubai investor breathes life back into turbine maker Gaia-Wind
Firm to be known as Gaia Wind (Green Energy Solutions) following company restructure
Reports: Sainsbury's to stock plant-based meat next to real meat in its chillers
400 of retailer's larger supermarkets to stock vegan-friendly 'fake meats' designed to be as close to the real thing as possible
Guilt-free shopping: American Express to release ocean plastic credit card
American Express will launch its new credit card, made using recovered ocean plastic, to the public in the next 12 months
In the Green Room with.... Smurfit Kappa's Steven Stoffer
Packaging giant's group vice president of development Steven Stoffer on milking cows, working in 'for-profit sustainability', and why his superpower would be to have 'frosty breath'
Reports: India on track to overshoot 2022 green power targets
Power and renewable energy minister RK Singh says India set to add 225GW of renewable energy capacity by 2022, outstripping original 175GW goal
Global briefing: Green beer, yellow turbines and farting sheep
BusinessGreen brings you this week's green business headlines from around the world
Study: Health and social costs from vehicle emissions top £6bn a year
Oxford University study finds the costs from diesel vehicles are five times higher than for petrol vehicles
An a-peeling idea: Waste firms team up to recycle citrus peel
Renewi and PeelPioneers announce partnership to turn citrus peel into high value essential oils and animal feed
Pret takes reusable bottle and water station push nationwide
Company says that following successful trial it is to offer reusable bottles in 370 of its stores across the country
Toxic textiles: Are people aware of microfibre risks?
New #whatsinmywash campaign aims to raise awareness of threat microfibres can pose to marine habitats and human health
Indian state promises single-use plastic ban from 2019
Tamil Nadu, home to almost 68 million people, announces single-use plastic ban for World Environment Day
Vodafone targets 40 per cent CO2 cut by 2025
Telecoms provider joins data storage giant Iron Mountain as latest corporates to sign up to RE100 initiative, promising 100 per cent renewable electricity use
Reports: Pope to gather top oil execs and investors for climate change summit
BP, BlackRock, Equinor and ExxonMobil expected to attend Vatican this week to discuss climate change
'Coasting along': UN experts issue warning on decarbonisation progress
Annual assessment of global green progress warns pace of decarbonisation beyond electricity sector too slow
Google launches solar roof scheme in UK
Households across the country can now use Project Sunroof to scope the solar potential of their rooftops
Mars goes green Down Under
Power Purchase Agreement will enable food and confectionary firm's Australian arm to be powered by 100 per cent renewables by 2020
AT&T promises to go zero waste at 100 sites by 2020
New goal will boost volume of waste sent for recycling and composting
ABP Food Group hits carbon targets two years early, thanks to green power
Major European meat processor has converted to green electricity at all of its UK beef and lamb processing sites
RBS pulls support for coal and Arctic oil
Banking giant tightens investment rules in bid to become low-carbon leader
Toyota ramps up hydrogen fuel cell production in preparation for sales surge
Carmaker expects sales of its hydrogen fuel cell electric cars to soar 10-fold to at least 30,000 a year after 2020