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'Breakthrough': Unilever sets out net zero plans for shareholder vote
Consumer goods giant's CEO Alan Jope said he hoped other businesses would soon start to follow suit in offering shareholders a say on climate plans
Net Zero Finance: TCFD ASAP
VIDEO: CDP's Paul Simpson, Eversheds Sutherland's Michelle T Davies, PCAF's Giel Linthorst and WRI's Nate Aden explore some of the best practice for assessing and disclosing climate risk for investors and businesses
Church of England plots science-based nature targets for £8.7bn investment portfolio
The Church Commissioners for England to help Science Based Targets Network design framework for businesses and investors tackle nature loss
Green export finance: How UKEF should lead on climate change
UK Export Finance must end fossil fuel lending and insurance as soon as feasible, and usher in a new era to better support low carbon exports, writes Bright Blue's Andrew Leming
UK's first consumer-owned wind farm secures green light and fresh funding
The Graig Fatha wind farm will be owned by an initial 675 households who have signed up to Ripple Energy's platform
'Long way to go': Top investors warn climate plans from world's most polluting firms set to miss net zero goals
First edition of investor coalition’s 'net zero company benchmark' highlights long distance big emitters must travel before climate engagement is aligned with Paris Agreement goals
Net Zero Finance: Hiro Mizuno on discovering ESG, shifting baselines, and an age of opportunity
In a BusinessGreen exclusive we bring you the directors' cut of Hiro Mizuno's conversation at last week's inaugural Net Zero Finance Summit
Could the new National Infrastructure Bank help solve the home retrofit challenge?
Ron Cowley of the Active Building Centre argues sweeping changing to our housing stock are essential, and the government's new bank could provide the catalyst that is desperately needed
World Water Day: Prince of Wales kicks off water-focused climate finance drive
Water Aid-led Resilient Water Accelerator launched as UN-backed Race to Zero campaign urges water utilities around the world to commit to net zero emissions
Global Briefing: Study warns countries could face credit rating downgrades by 2030 as climate risks escalate
All the green business news from around the world this week
How clean energy investments are lagging, despite returns outshining fossil fuels for 10 years
Study from IEA and Imperial highlights decade of clear evidence that renewables firms are performing better than fossil fuel-focused businesses
Latin American e-commerce giant invests in Brazilian ecosystem restoration
Mercado Libre reveals how some of the proceeds from its $400m sustainability bond have been earmarked for restoration projects in the once great Atlantic Forest
HSBC and IFC emerging market green bond fund raises $538m
HSBC and IFC tout sizeable fund raise as evidence of investor appetite in funding net zero transition in emerging markets
National Grid swoops for Western Power Distribution in £7.8bn deal
Deal forms part of 'strategic pivot towards electricity' for National Grid as it also set out plans to explore creating a major UK hydrogen gas network
'Forceful and accelerated': Top investor body predicts global climate policy response
Principles for Responsible Investment analysed policy trends to formulate detailed predictions on the likely extent of government intervention in key sectors of the economy as the net zero transition progresses
Swiss Re plots global exit from coal by 2040
Reinsurance giants revs up coal phase-out as it pledges to reduce carbon intensity of equity and corporate bond portfolios by 35 per cent by 2025
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Net Zero Festival: BusinessGreen launches new Net Zero Nature Summit
Latest Net Zero Festival event to explore the complex and fast-evolving role of nature in driving the net zero transition
Living in a digital world
Harriet Parker from Liontrust's Sustainable Investment team offers an investment managers perspective on the search for more efficient IT systems
Expert bodies call for £5.3bn spending blitz to catalyse national home retrofit push
The Construction Leadership Council publishes a new blueprint for tackling the UK's inefficient housing stock, as Bankers for Net Zero calls for policy interventions to drive green home investment
Anthesis targets three gigatonne cut in clients' CO2 after securing funding injection
Sustainability consultancy has worked with corporates including Tesco and Target to develop sustainability and carbon reduction strategies
Net Zero Festival: Last chance to register for inaugural Net Zero Finance event
There are a handful of passes still available for tomorrow's Net Zero Finance summit, featuring top speakers such as Hiro Mizuno, Sonny Kapoor, and Catherine Howarth
Central banks should adopt explicit net zero strategies, economists argue
Research led by LSE and SOAS academics argues central banks hold significant sway over the wider financial system's ability to reach net zero
RWE takes controlling stake in 400MW Rampion offshore wind farm
German energy giant to finalise transaction that will see it take up E.ON's remaining 20 per cent stake in project off the Sussex coast