Carbon Accounting
Study: Swapping tenth of meat intake for veg could free up land size of Germany
PwC analysis warns global meat consumption is higher than ever and that continued growth carries major implications for water, climate, and land use
ClientEarth lays down rules for corporate net zero pledges
New 'Principles for Paris-alignment' published as corporates face growing criticism over toothless climate pledges
'Reporting matters': Top corporates embrace sustainability reporting standards
Annual analysis from World Business Council for Sustainable Development confirms detailed sustainability reporting is increasingly embedded in the corporate mainstream
Net Zero Festival: Nature-based solutions - can business help enhance nature?
VIDEO: James Murray chats to Woodland Trust CEO Darren Moorcroft, CISL's Dr Gemma Cranston, and Tetra Pak's Charles Brand about the need to scale nature protection and restoration projects to reach net zero
'Flexible work is here to stay': O2 and Carbon Trust launch green savings calculator to inform flexible working policies
Beta version of tool that calculates a firm's potential to save money and carbon through different flexible working scenarios is being tested by a number of companies
'Deeply concerned': Accountants voice escalating environmental fears
Global survey of accountants reveals widespread disquiet at on-going failure to properly track environmental and social impacts
Carbon accounting for the coronavirus era: EcoAct publishes framework for remote working emissions calculation
Framework aims to plug growing 'remote working emissions gap' and prevent businesses from underreporting carbon produced by millions of employees working from home
The journey to net zero: Why a step-by-step process is not enough
Going climate neutral today is a way for companies to take immediate action whilst plotting their course to meet longer-term net zero targets, explains ClimateCare's Oliver Forster
Oxford Offsetting Principles: Academics launch new guidelines for carbon offsetting
New standard aims to help protect companies from accusations of greenwash by ensuring they prioritise the highest-quality, most effective carbon offsets available
NatWest launches real-time CO2 footprint tracker for banking customers
Partnership with fintech company CoGo will give NatWest customers access to an on-the-go carbon emissions calculator informed by their personal spending
Walmart pledges to achieve net zero emissions by 2040 without offsets
Retail giant touts plan to become 'regenerative company' as it unveils carbon and nature commitments on the opening day of NYC Climate Week
Carbon charging is a huge cost opportunity for UK agriculture
Farmer Martin Lines, chair of the Nature Friendly Farming Network, puts forward the case for a robust payment framework to incentivise carbon sequestration in UK agriculture
SME Climate Hub: Top corporates to consider climate performance when selecting suppliers
BT Group, Ikea, and Unilever among a host of big brands backing plans to help smaller businesses set net zero goals, as 1.5C Supply Chain Leaders group commits to making climate targets a key factor in purchasing criteria
Global Briefing: China mulls carbon neutrality
All the latest green business news from around the world
Polestar pushes for transparent CO2 disclosure in the car industry
EV manufacturer calls out 'disturbing' lack of transparency in automotive industry, as it touts plan to publish carbon metrics for its full product line
'Ambitious, achievable and beneficial': EU Commission pushes for more stretching 2030 climate target
Commission President Ursula von der Leyen touts 55 per cent emissions reduction goal for 2030 and expanded the EU Emissions Trading Scheme in inaugural State of the Union address
BT Group backs 1.5C Business Playbook in bid to accelerate climate action
BT Group joins more than 50 groups and companies to back project aiming to 'accelerate climate action exponentially through radical collaboration' by guiding companies towards science-aligned climate targets
Facebook promises to fight climate misinformation, as company eyes net zero supply chain by 2030
Tech giant unveils plans for new Climate Science Information Centre as it pledges to reach net zero emissions across its value chain by 2030
'Effective today': Google vows to 'eliminate entire carbon legacy'
Tech giant pledges to offset all its historic emissions, as CEO Sundar Pichai unveils fresh sustainability goals for the coming decade
Unilever pledges to invest €1bn in eliminating fossil fuels from cleaning products by 2030
Consumer goods giant outlines plans to spend €1bn on ramping up carbon capture and utilisation technologies that will curb its cleaning and laundry product line's reliance on fossil fuel derived chemicals
Velux pledges to become 'lifetime carbon neutral' by 2041 centenary
New 20-year partnership with WWF aims to help roof window specialist offset 100 years of carbon emissions through global reforestation and afforestation projects
Amid devastating forest fires, One Trillion Trees movement puts down US roots
Some of America's largest corporates are backing the launch of an ambitious new reforestation programme
An apple a day keeps the carbon away: Analysis of UK diet advice reveals emissions-saving potential
Following government healthy eating guidelines could cut an individual's carbon emissions by almost a third, a new study has found
Study: Consumer carbon emissions have plummeted through 2020 - and some savings could continue
Lockdown caused emissions to plummet across several consumer categories, as survey suggests some people are now keen to embrace behaviour changes that have led to lower emissions
