Incentives
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
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
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
Five ways business and government can work together to drive green growth
Marks and Spencer's Mike Barry highlights five ways government can better drive business action on sustainable development
Apple, Google and 'bribing' employees to hit corporate climate goals
Could something as simple as a well-targeted bonus help your company deliver on its environmental goals?
Tetra Pak to require suppliers to report on green performance
Suppliers to the packaging multinational will be required to fill in ethical performance reports in a move designed to give company greater insight into its supply chain
UN to showcase 'game changing' climate projects at Paris Summit
Momentum for Change Awards handed to an eclectic mix of on-the-ground projects addressing climate change
FSC pledges to double its share of forest-based trade by 2020
New FSC strategy aims to 'empower' those most affected by mismanaged forests
Will the solar power industry survive 2016?
With job losses mounting the solar industry is taking a battering, but is there a route to recovery available?
Five ways CEO pay could be accelerating climate change
Over-inflated executive pay in fossil fuel sector encourages reckless behaviour that puts climate at risk, argues US think tank
Ten things you need to know about the feed-in tariff review
The scale of the planned feed-in tariff cuts have sent shock waves through the renewables industry - BusinessGreen looks at the key proposals
H&M launches €1m competition to help it close the fashion loop
Fashion giant hopes competition will spur ideas to make the industry more sustainable
Fossil fuels subsidised by $10m a minute, says IMF
'Shocking' revelation finds $5.3tr subsidy estimate for 2015 is greater than the total health spending of all the world’s governments
Unilever seeks to boost UK recycling rates with Comic Relief fundraiser
Greenredeem and Unilever join forces to encourage more people to recycle and donate rewards to charity
First government auction pays companies to power down
UPDATED: Pilot auction awards £1.28m to help save enough power at peak times to make 37 million cups of tea
World must end 'distorting' fossil fuel subsidies, says Prince Charles
Former EU Climate Commissioner joins Prince in arguing that low oil prices make it the ideal time to phase out support for fossil fuels
Government to re-launch Green Deal grant scheme with £30m fund
Green Deal Home Improvement Fund to be re-opened from this Wednesday, offering households up to £5,600 off energy-efficiency improvements
Incentives help to nearly double recycling rates
Research from recycling rewards firm Greenredeem suggests incentives more effective at boosting recycling rates, compared with compulsory schemes
British firm Ineos accused of 'bribes and bulldozers' approach to fracking
The company is offering six per cent of future shale gas revenues to those sitting on reserves or affected by their extraction
Hong Kong aims to halve greenhouse gas emissions
City administrator outlines plans to incentivise businesses to build greener buildings or reduce power use
MPs: Green Deal needs stamp duty discounts to drive home insulation
Energy and Climate Change Committee warns government that the Green Deal will continue to remain unattractive to most consumers without new incentives
Tesla's battery Gigafactory lands in Nevada
Work on plant set to build batteries for 500,000 electric cars already underway outside Reno
Pickles launches £5m recycling reward scheme in latest bin collection salvo
Funding scheme offering vouchers to household that recycle is only open to councils with weekly bin pick ups
Report: Japan to crank up green car grants
Government poised to offer incentives worth nearly $30,000 to early adopters of new hydrogen car
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