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HSBC pledges to reach net zero financed emissions by mid-century
But bank's commitment to decarbonising its financing by mid-century, on top of its supply chain and operations by 2030, is slammed by campaigners as "empty" and an "attempt to buy time" due to its failure to commit to divest from coal and oil and gas...
Climate tech venture capital investment soars to record levels
But new PwC report warns 'rapid injection of capital, talent and public-private support' still required for climate tech to deliver on its massive promise
Global Briefing: China mulls carbon neutrality
All the latest green business news from around the world
Amazon unveils first recipients of $2bn climate investment programme
Tech giant backs electric vehicles, carbon removal, and high efficiency motors as it forges ahead with efforts to deliver net zero emissions by 2040
Zoom in on Net Zero - with Carbon Limiting Technologies' Beverley Gower-Jones
VIDEO: Carbon Limiting Technologies and Clean Growth Fund head chats to BusinessGreen editor-in-chief James Murray about scaling up clean tech and unlocking finance to deliver net zero
Amazon debuts $2bn Climate Pledge Fund to back 'visionary' green innovators
Tech giant set to invest in firms that are 'building products, services, and technologies to decarbonise the economy and protect the planet'
Gore Street Capital snaps up 50MW Fife battery storage project
Ferrymuir utility-scale battery project marks the private equity investors first such investment in Scotland
BP invests $5m in methane leak-detecting specialist Satelytics
Cloud-based geospatial analytics firm uses imagery and machine learning to monitor environmental changes such as methane emissions
Funding climate tech and entrepreneurs of colour should go hand in hand
GreenBiz's Heather Clancy asks how the venture capital community might address its abysmal track record when it comes to funding entrpreneurs of colour
Clean Growth Fund: Government launches £40m green start-up funding push
Business Secretary Alok Sharma says new public-private venture fund will help clean tech start-ups 'drive a green and resilient economic recovery'
'Oil has no place in our future': Rockefeller fund returns shine after ditching fossil fuels
Rockefeller Brothers Fund announces that its investment portfolio has exceeded expectations and industry averages in the five years since it divested from fossil fuels
Barclays snaps up stake in energy efficiency platform SaveMoneyCutCarbon
It marks the first move under the bank's £175m sustainable investment drive announced last month as part of its net zero strategy
'Space-age': Sustainable laundry service Oxwash secures £1.4m backing
Twitter co-founder Biz Stone and Indeed.com founder Paul Forster among high profile investors in green laundry start-up Oxwash
Octopus Energy secures major £300m injection from Australia's Origin Energy
UK energy supplier claims sale of 20 per cent stake will 'make green energy transition cleaner and cheaper'
Legal & General snaps up stake in ground source heat pump firm Kensa Group
Financial giant acquires 36 per cent share in one of UK's largest green heating developers
UK indoor farming tech firm Vertical Future secures £1.1m investor backing
Green investor Earthworm ups its support for London food technology firm as it eyes significant growth for urban and indoor farming
Solarcentury sells residential business to Sweden's Svea Solar
Transaction includes Solarcentury's partnership with IKEA and is aimed at allowing firm to focus on utility-scale projects
Mitsubishi spearheads €4.1bn swoop for Dutch energy firm Eneco
Japanese conglomerate teams up with compatriot Chubu Electric Power to acquire largest utility in the Netherlands
Octopus Renewables snaps up eight UK solar farms in £144m mega-deal
Latest swoop from green energy investor sees it acquire solar farms with a combined capacity 123MW
Waste not want not: Recycling and waste giant Viridor to be sold in £4.2bn deal
Parent company Pennon Group opts to focus on its water businesses, as it announces plans to exit waste and recycling sector
EDF charges up £110m Pod Point bid
Offer would support French-owned utility's ambitions of becoming leading player in e-mobility in the UK
Why 'climate tech' is the new cleantech
Will the term crash and burn or will it find successes and help make real progress with the climate crisis?
S&P Global swoops for RobecoSAM's ESG ratings business
Acquisition is latest move from credit ratings giant as it seeks to accelerate and scale up its environmental social governance expertise
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