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Report: Low carbon intensity sectors outstrip growth of general economy
Report: Low carbon intensity sectors outstrip growth of general economy

New LSE research finds sectors with low carbon intensities boast higher productivity growth than those with high carbon intensity

  • Incentives
  • 10 October 2016
China seeks pole position in accelerating electric car market
China seeks pole position in accelerating electric car market

Beijing is reportedly considering imposing mandatory electric car quotas on firms as sales continue to surge

  • Policy
  • 15 August 2016
Smart meter popularity soars (among those who have one)
Smart meter popularity soars (among those who have one)

Survey shows nearly eight out of 10 of those who have a smart meter would recommend getting the device

  • IT
  • 15 August 2016
Finance crucial for rainforest conservation, say businesses
Finance crucial for rainforest conservation, say businesses

Asia Pulp & Paper Group (APP) and BP among businesses to support new roundtable calling for more co-ordinated efforts to tackle Asian deforestation

  • Supply chain
  • 04 August 2016
How do you make sure people actually use smart meters?
How do you make sure people actually use smart meters?

The number of smart meters installed in the UK is set to skyrocket under government plans, but how can businesses take advantage of the massive opportunities they offer?

  • IT
  • 27 July 2016
The purple and the pink - a changing venn diagram driving the business case for sustainability
The purple and the pink - a changing venn diagram driving the business case for sustainability

Profitable business strategies and sustainable behaviour is starting to overlap, argues Forum for the Future's Stephanie Draper

  • Incentives
  • 27 July 2016
Reward scheme reports doubling of recycling levels
Reward scheme reports doubling of recycling levels

Greenredeem reveals members of reward scheme recycle twice as much as non-members, as three London boroughs become the latest to launch rewards initiatives

  • Recycling
  • 08 July 2016
Nest gets smarter with Time of Use energy service
Nest gets smarter with Time of Use energy service

Smart meter specialist offers new service which automatically adjusts home electricity use depending on the power price

  • Infrastructure
  • 21 June 2016
Raising the bar: Interface unveils radical 'Climate Take Back' programme
Raising the bar: Interface unveils radical 'Climate Take Back' programme

Forest factories, bio-based carpets and a plan to 'love carbon'- BusinessGreen investigates Interface's radical plan to reshape sustainable business

  • Supply chain
  • 21 June 2016
L'Oreal reveals secrets of its executive carbon bonus scheme
L'Oreal reveals secrets of its executive carbon bonus scheme

EXCLUSIVE: Performance of brand and country managers across the group will be annually assessed against company-wide sustainability targets

  • Incentives
  • 06 May 2016
An inside look at L'Oreal's sustainability makeover
An inside look at L'Oreal's sustainability makeover

L'Oreal's chief sustainability officer Alexandra Palt reveals how the global beauty brand is upending corporate norms to drive change across all levels of the business

  • Marketing
  • 06 May 2016
The power of the right incentives
The power of the right incentives

Green business models will only be delivered if the right incentives are in place, argues Forum for the Future's Stephanie Draper, but identifying them is harder than you think

  • Incentives
  • 05 May 2016
British Chambers of Commerce calls for corporate energy efficiency incentives
British Chambers of Commerce calls for corporate energy efficiency incentives

Survey commissioned by British Chambers of Commerce and British Gas reveals widespread support for overhaul of energy efficiency incentives

  • Efficiency
  • 29 April 2016
L'Oreal decouples corporate growth from emissions, touting 56 per cent fall in CO2
L'Oreal decouples corporate growth from emissions, touting 56 per cent fall in CO2

Beauty brand details plan to give executives bonuses based on environmental performance

  • Carbon Accounting
  • 25 April 2016
Are your solar panels due an upgrade?
Are your solar panels due an upgrade?

French firm reveals plan for new solar financing package designed to replace ageing European solar panels with more efficient systems

  • Solar
  • 15 April 2016
Good news for green careers' salaries, support and satisfaction
Good news for green careers' salaries, support and satisfaction

IEMA's Tim Balcon welcomes the latest evidence that sustainability are more influential and respected than ever

  • Management
  • 05 April 2016
E.ON launches business energy audit service
E.ON launches business energy audit service

Small business-focused service aims to help firms identify energy-saving measures

  • Energy
  • 01 March 2016
Cash for cycling? Polluted Milan wants to pay commuters to bike to work
Cash for cycling? Polluted Milan wants to pay commuters to bike to work

With its serious pollution problem and notorious driving styles, Milan is hardly renowned as a cycle-friendly city - but a radical new scheme aims to change that

  • Transport
  • 29 February 2016
Red tape, harmonisation, and innovation - top execs outline three ways to improve EU circular economy package
Red tape, harmonisation, and innovation - top execs outline three ways to improve EU circular economy package

Sustainability executives from Ikea and Jaguar Land Rover detail the key policy moves they want to see from Commission's environment chief

  • Incentives
  • 24 February 2016
Iconic green brands team up as Brompton Bicycle offers Nissan LEAF to staff
Iconic green brands team up as Brompton Bicycle offers Nissan LEAF to staff

Staff at high profile bicycle firm offered chance to purchase electric car through salary sacrifice scheme

  • Automotive
  • 13 January 2016
Government revs up another £400m for plug-in car grants

Department for Transport confirms scheme will run until at least 2018 as it seeks to boost electric and hydrogen vehicle market

  • Transport
  • 21 December 2015
Ocado pilot aims to tackle UK's mountain of old staff uniforms
Ocado pilot aims to tackle UK's mountain of old staff uniforms

Retailer to send old uniforms to a working prison for repurposing in an effort to cut landfill waste

  • Incentives
  • 01 December 2015
UK singled out among G20 for bolstering fossil fuel subsidies
UK singled out among G20 for bolstering fossil fuel subsidies

New report claims UK is spending £6bn a year to prop up its fossil fuel industry

  • Energy
  • 12 November 2015
Boris Johnson: Treasury is endangering community renewables

Mayor of London calls on the government to reconsider plans to remove tax relief for investors in community energy projects

  • Solar
  • 12 November 2015
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